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TAKE THE QUIZ“the world is”
The following 3 entries include the term the world is.
not know what the world is coming to
idiom—used to say that one is shocked or disgusted by something that has happened
the world is someone's oyster
idiom—used to say that someone's life is good and he or she has the ability to do whatever he or she wants to do
what the world is coming to
idiom—used in the expressions I don't know what the world is coming to or What is the world coming to? to express shock or disgust by something that has happened in the world
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- Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.


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