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clogs to clogs in three generations
clogs to clogs in three generations
clogs to clogs in three generations
The idea that a family can escape poverty for a time but then become impoverished again, all in the span of three generations. Primarily heard in UK.
With the way you're spending our family's money, we'll be clogs to clogs in three generations!
See also:
clog
,
generation
,
three
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Rustam
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Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Tajik
Albino
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Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Hyde
[haid]
Aristides
ah-ree-STEE-dhes
(Spanish)
, ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh
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, ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh
(Brazilian Portuguese)
Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese
Mariona
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