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Thread #95824   Message #1867499
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Oct-06 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who are 'The Dickens'?
Subject: RE: BS: Who are 'The Dickens'?
"Sick as a parrot" is the traditional one football folk use following defeat and so forth. I don't know if that comes from Monty Python or the other way round.

It's paired with "Over the moon", for when it's a matter of victory.