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Lithuanian curse

May a rabbit butt you to death!

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death

[death] See: [AT DEATH'S DOOR], [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [CATCH ONE'S DEATH OF] or [TAKE ONE'S DEATH OF], [SIGN ONE'S OWN DEATH WARRANT], [TO DEATH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

rabbit

[rabbit] See: [JACK-RABBIT START]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

butt in

[butt in] {v.}, {slang} To join in with what other people are doing without asking or being asked; interfere in other people's business; meddle. * /Mary was explaining to Jane […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

R. E. Shay

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. www.english-slang.com

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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