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Pull the stops out

I know what the saying "says" as it were, but was there anything in particular that the stops were pulled out of in the first usage of this saying?

kicsi

Where does the phrase 'bleeding taters' come from?

ekkrub

A picture is worth a thousand words"

where does ring around the rosie pockets full of posies, ashes to ashes, we all fall down come from.

Now tell me, have you ever wished upon a star, ever wondered who you are?

i love the album its wonderful but what do the words"bedshaped and legs of stone"mean,or refer to.many thanks.

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