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Always too much and never enough.

Posted by R. Berg on November 10, 2001

In Reply to: Always too much and never enough. posted by Hiroko on November 09, 2001

: Always too much and never enough.

: Where does this phrase come from and what does it mean?
: I'd appreciate any inputs. Thanks in advance.

It sounds like a deliberately nonsensical inversion of "always enough and never too much." I have no information on its history.

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