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Throw dirt enough, and some will stick

Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.

Prov. If you persistently say bad things about someone, people will begin to believe your accusations, even if they are not true. (Sometimes mud is used instead of dirt.) One of the candidates in the election kept accusing the other one of having cheated on his income tax, and eventually the voters believed it. As they say, throw dirt enough, and some will stick.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Anani-Biblical
Marcellinus-Ancient Roman
Oziel-Biblical Greek
NunziaNOON-tsyahItalian
Nikolaos-Ancient Greek, Greek
Nkosazana-Southern African, Xhosa
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