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only fools and horses work

only fools and horses work proverb: a philosophy of life, holding that people who do not look for (and find) an easy way of earning a living are foolish.

Proverb

only fools and horses work

  1. A philosophy of life, holding that people who do not look for (and find) an easy way of earning a living are foolish.

Questions about only fools and horses work

What does only fools and horses work mean?
Only fools and horses work means a philosophy of life, holding that people who do not look for (and find) an easy way of earning a living are foolish.
What part of speech is only fools and horses work?
Only fools and horses work is a proverb.

Words near only fools and horses work in the dictionary

  1. only child
  2. only children
  3. only daughter
  4. only daughters
  5. only dead fish go with the flow
  6. only fools and horses work
  7. only game in town
  8. only games in town
  9. only if
  10. only in Ohio
  11. only just

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