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wouldn’t work in an iron lung
to be extremely lazy AUSTRALIA- Even the most primitive societies protect, succor and shelter the aged, but not so the affluent society with the principle of he that cannot work neither shall he eat (except Silver Tails who wouldn’t work in an iron lung). — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 79, 1971
- Sometimes I work a twenty-four, twenty-five even a twenty-six hour day, but try telling that to a Pom who wouldn’t work in an iron lung! — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 42, 1985
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