unearths some literary gems.
From Murder Comes Home, by Anthony Gilbert:
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[An obvious one, but new to me.]
"Got as many ears as a field of corn, that woman."
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[And a new-to-me twist on "moth balls"!]
"[That old coat] must have been used for moths' balls for years past"...
"Then the moths must have been holding a ball elsewhere yesterday.... Because that coat wasn't there last night."