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It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
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It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water. |
Franklin P. Jones
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Abbreviations used for dates:
BCE = Before the Common Era (same as BC, Before Christ)
CE = Common Era (same as AD, Anno Domini meaning After Christ)
c = circa meaning about, approximately
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skate (verb): move smoothly across a surface using special boots (fitted with a blade or wheels)
skate on thin ice (expression): do something dangerous, risky
get (someone) into hot water (expression): get (someone) into trouble
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