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Word: ruralisme (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1984-1984
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The phrase "between a rock and a hard place" is, to my knowledge, a ruralism. I first heard it in Arizona about 1940 and had the impression it had been in use long before that. Country sayings almost invariably have a much higher poetic component than their big-city equivalents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 2, 1984 | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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