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To morrow never Comes

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A reproof to those who defer till to-morrow what should be done to-day.

“‘I shall acquaint your mother, Miss May, with your pretty behaviour to-morrow.ʹ—‘I suppose you mean to-morrow come never,ʹ answered Magnolia.”—Le Fanu: The House in the Churchyard, p. 118.

 

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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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Tom Tug
Tom and Jerry—i.e
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Tom oBedlams
Tomboy
Tomahawk
Tomb of Our Lord
Tommy Atkins (A)
Tommy Dodd
Tommy Shop
To morrow never Comes
Tonans
Tongue of the Trump (The)
Tongues
Tonna (Mrs.)
Tonsure
Tonsures
Tontine
Tony Lumpkin
Too Many for [Me] or One too many for [me]
Tooba or Touba [eternal happiness]