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Rainbow Chasers

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Problematical politicians and reformers, who chase rainbows, which cannot possibly be caught, to “find the pot of gold at the foot thereof.” This alludes to an old joke, that a pot of gold can be dug up where the rainbow touches the earth.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rahu
Rail
Railway Abbreviations
Railway King
Railway Signals
Railways
Rain
Rain Gauge
Rainbow
Rainbow Chasers
Raining Tree (The)
Rainy Day (A)
Raise the Wind
Rajah
Rake
Rakshas
Rakush
Raleigh
Rally
Ralph or Ralpho