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Latest post Fri, Jul 10 2009 11:51 PM by MrPedantic. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  813572 Fri, 10 Jul 09 10:01 AM
Have you ever used, heard or seen this expression?

"only dead fish go with the flow"

It was used by Sarah Palin recently, but has a longish history ( see: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1910/)
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Philip  +  813955 Fri, 10 Jul 09 03:57 PM
I'd never come across it, but it is, literally, quite picturesque.
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MrPedantic  +  814405 Fri, 10 Jul 09 11:51 PM
1. Only dead fish go with the flow.

 

Or live fish; e.g. Atlantic salmon, when they migrate to the sea.

 

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