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To: RitaOK

What does “of nerve in spades” mean?


2,029 posted on 12/22/2023 10:48:46 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: WildHighlander57

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2,041 posted on 12/22/2023 12:44:47 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: WildHighlander57

“nerve in spades” - having a lot of nerve. Re-shaping truth.


2,052 posted on 12/22/2023 1:23:39 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. For Greater Glory. HIS. )
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To: WildHighlander57

adding the term “...in spades”, for want of a better phrase, means “more than”
In the card game “spades”...spades are trump cards.
a deuce of spades trumps an Ace of Hearts.


2,178 posted on 12/23/2023 12:49:49 AM PST by stylin19a (Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
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