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Draw a line in the sand

Posted by Joyce Kucera on October 07, 2009 at 07:55

I was pleasantly impressed with Mr. Berg's posting regarding "draw the line"; however, my understanding of the expression that I have heard from childhood is "draw a line in the sand" and I have often wondered why "in sand" when sand is so impermanent?

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