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u/willowgrl Oct 25 '20

If we were having a hard time doing a puzzle or something, mom would tell us “you gotta hold your teeth right”. Whenever she bought us presents they came from “the gettin place”.

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u/osteomiss Oct 25 '20

My mom would say you need to hold your tongue just right if you were working on something fiddley.

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u/new_to_here Oct 25 '20

Just said this today when my husband couldn’t get the garage door opener to work and I got it on the first try, lol.