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From: Jack Hamilton <jfh@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: [Idioms #17] to throw a red herring
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:12:02 -0800
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Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net> wrote:
>"It's a red herring that misguided people throw up to distract you
>from the real issues."
I don't think that "throw" is part of the idiom - it just happened to be
used in some of your examples. "Throw" is typically not used with "red
herring".
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In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted comfort and security.
And in the end, they lost it all - freedom, comfort and security.
Edward Gibbons
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Jack Hamilton
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