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shoe (one's) mule
shoe (one's) mule
To steal or misappropriate funds. The phrase refers to blacksmiths who did not shoe one's animal even after accepting payment. I entrusted him with a lot of money, so I'm going to be livid if I find out that he's trying to shoe my mule.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Onesiphorus | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
Breana | | bree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-ə | English (Modern) |
Jari | | YAH-ree | Finnish |
Shukri | | - | Arabic |
Ioane | | - | Georgian (Archaic) |
SlaĐAna | | SLAH-jah-nah | Serbian, Croatian |