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Thread #153047   Message #3997757
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
25-Jun-19 - 05:09 AM
Thread Name: Rhyming Proverbs: 'You snooze, you lose,' etc.
Subject: RE: Rhyming Proverbs: 'You snooze, you lose,' etc.
Or, on the matter of density:
A pint's a pound the world around (US)

Unfortunately not true in UK (and elsewhere) because:
A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter.

US have a small pint of 16 fluid ounces (16 ounces = one pint). A UK pint is 20 fluid ounces.