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On the Mend! ~4 V+ g- s; r4 `2 |
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Meaning: things are getting better, espcially illness and bad mood.4 \1 F3 q4 r# U2 A& X/ b
- K9 A4 \# \2 A! c; R6 m/ _Online Dicationary explains as follows:
' f* _( y, a1 k10. on the mend, a. recovering from an illness.
* h& _6 s0 _& yb. improving in general, as a state of affairs: The breach between father and son is on the mend. ' Y1 T3 _+ }0 r) a6 q
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on%20the%20mend - y, E! M2 W9 E
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* f& b2 _* h- e. R" }6 z3 ~4 _5 e: JI learned this on the cartoon The Simpson's, when Bart faked the sickness to avoid another failuer in his Grade 4 tests that would qualify him for moving foward to Grade 5. |
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