Daily Archives: May 27, 2021

If someone snatches victory from the jaws of defeat, they win when it seems that they are certain to lose. (Collins English Dictionary) The Yale Book of Quotations traces the phrase back to an instance in the New York Times dated March 5, 1891.  Later a humorist wrote that if someone snatches defeat from the jaws of victory, they lose when it seems that they are certain to win.

On these final days of May, you will be surprised when…..

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