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Alfred Hitchcock

(1899—1980), film-maker

I have the perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.

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Alfred Hitchcock

(1899-1980) U.S. film-maker There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating. www.english-slang.com

throat

[throat] See: [CUT ONE'S THROAT], [FLY AT ONE'S THROAT], [JUMP DOWN ONE'S THROAT], [LUMP IN ONE'S THROAT], [RAM DOWN ONE'S THROAT] and [SHOVE DOWN ONE'S THROAT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Woody Allen

(1935-- ) U.S. film-maker With me, it's just a genetic dissatisfaction with everything. www.english-slang.com

cut one's throat

[cut one's throat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To spoil one's chances; ruin a person. * /He cut his own throat by his carelessness./ * /The younger men in the company were […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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