| Word | an even break |
|---|---|
| Description | a fair chance – informal This phrase is perhaps best known from W.C. Fields’s catchphrase…Never give a sucker an even break. It is said to have originated in the 1923 musical Poppy and was also the title of one of Field's films (1941). a fair chance – informal This phrase is perhaps best known from W.C. Fields’s catchphrase…Never give a s |
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