Mixed Grill XLVI

You must fight struthonianism.  (Look in the OED)

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Istanbul – Constantinople 2.0

Ground chuck – Good for meatballs on Candlemas, Candlemas, Candlemas, ...

Sine qua nun – She wanted to be a priest like her brother but her anatomy precluded it

Show me the way to go home – The job of the third base coach

Take a bullet – Order of a boss about to dictate a list

Better safe than sorry – And have faith – ours are better

Don't take any wooden nickel – Element 28 it's not

Trolley dodgers – ER staff

That was now. This is then – History lesson on the importance of context

Blind sided – Unexpected home construction bill

Bowl we vill – Immigrant proposes American pop sport as entertainment

Penny whys – An annoying little girl's questions

Pound foolish – Crush the dumb (like Penny)

Thirty gays have September – But they're not interested

Put your money where your mouth is – Hide it there but don't swallow

Congressional Medal of Humor – Award given to foolish members of Congress (and that's all of them) but the joke's on us

Sine qua non – 0⁰

Let there be life – Anti-abortion creed

My heart belongs to Danny – Shifting loyalty

Hope for the beast – Let the Beauty be mine

The big apple – It has big worms

Teepee or not teepee – Query from real estate man on the reservation

Henry the IVth, Part 4 – Start of a new Star Wars series

Pray before you leap – Better than just looking

Social media – Whiskey sours

The time of your life – The “golden” years

Turning the tables – What do you expect at a séance?

Début de siecle – When the Tour de France was young

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You fought too hard.

Happy New Year!  Enjoy Boxing Day.