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Translation: After his hair turned grey, they sent him to the (children’s) village school. Meaning: The saying is still in occasional use, and its connotation is that you cannot teach an old dog new ...

The snow burst through the trees with no warning but a last-second whoosh of sound, a two-story wall of white and Chris Rudolph’s piercing cry: “Avalanche! Elyse!” The very thing the 16 skiers and ...