Dear Mr. Lederer: Recently, I heard President Obama say, “I don’t want to put the cart before the horse,” and I got to wondering how many outdated sayings like this are still in common use. “Don’t lock the barn after the horse runs away” and “he can’t hit the broad side of a barn” would […]
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