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pardon me for living!; pardon me for breathing!
used as an elaborate mock apology offered in answer for a minor error or trivial criticism UK, 1961- Cap leaned forward and sniffed. “You’ve been drinking,” she said. “Well, pardon me for breathing,” said Wendy. “Par-don me for eating and drinking and sleeping and waking and pissing and crapping and doing all the other things that real human beings do. — Reginald Hill, The Wood Beyond, p. 70
- He made a fruitcake face at Lily and said, “Pardon me for living,” then let the door shut behind him. — Frederick Barthelme, Natural Selection, p. 56, 1991
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