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High stakes grammar:

. . . hiding under their camouflage of leaves

*so* ingeniously [that] it's not till late summer

one shows up bloated as a blimp, [so] orange, inedible,

in a word useless,

*that* I pluck it and cast it away.

Relying on one "so" and one "that" each to do the work of two is a big ask. I hope you took them both out for a good meal, or at least a cocktail.

(Great metaphors.)

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I hate to admit it but you're right, so reluctant thanks.

My brother in law, born in Cuba, wrote me that " when you want to be dismissive of an idea, or make a verbal shoulder shrug, in Spanish slang you say that this is not worth three cucumbers

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that-->and might be simplest and perhaps worth at least a pickle.

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