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Today's Idiom = "All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy"

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All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy ( a person who only works becomes boring because doing fun things makes life interesting ... )
"all work and no play makes jack a dull boy"



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