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[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: The last decent title left after Ryle bagged ‘The Concept of Mind’ and Archie bagged ‘The Problem of Mind’.
at bag, v.
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: The analyst went barking up the wrong tree.
at bark up the wrong tree, v.
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: ‘Mind your back!’ ‘Out the way!’ ‘Let the dog see the rabbit!’.
at let the dog see the rabbit (v.) under dog, n.2
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: As far as I’m concerned it’s got fruit-cake written all over it.
at fruitcake, adj.
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act II: You bloody humbug!
at humbug, n.
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: His line is psychotics ... manic depressives – schizos.
at schizo, n.
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: Promise not to be stuffy.
at stuffy, adj.1
[UK] T. Stoppard Jumpers Act I: He’s only missing in action, shot down behind the thin yellow lines of advancing Rad-Libs and getting himself together to go BOO!
at get oneself together (v.) under together, adj.
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