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scarier
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This is supposedly where the idiom "bought the farm" comes from.
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AnimalMuppet
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I don't think so. It came from the life insurance paying off the family farm (if I understand correctly).
ILMostro7
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Closer to "not in my backyard", until and unless it absolutely and directly benefits ME
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