sure as death
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Adverb
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sure
as
death
(
not
comparable
)
(
simile
)
Most
certainly
.
1896
, Margaret Oliphant,
The Library Window
:
"It was naething to make a wark about. It was just yon windy yonder in the library that is nae windy. And it was open as
sure's death
. You may laugh if you like. Is that a' she's wantin' wi' me?"
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