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AE 1186 - Expression: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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The Car Is the Gift That Keeps on Giving

The car is the gift that keeps on giving, right? So as a result of the car, you keep getting all these positive things happening to you. It's how to pay off. You can use this phrase sarcastically to mean the opposite - not necessarily positive things but negative things. For example, if you get robbed shortly after moving there or your boyfriend breaks up with you,. Maybe you break a leg falling down some stairs near your house and then your car gets stolen. This damn thing seems to be going wrong since I've got it. The scholarship has been the gift that just keeps on giving. And hopefully by now you understand the expression 'the gift that kept on giving'

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