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单词 death and taxes, certain as
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death and taxes, certain as


Also, sure as death and taxes. Bound to occur, inevitable, as in His business is going to fail, certain as death and taxes. This phrase was invented by Benjamin Franklin in a letter (1789) and has been repeated ever since, the government's recurring need for revenue probably assuring its continued popularity.

Words nearby death and taxes, certain as

dearth, deary, deasil, death, death adder, death and taxes, certain as, death angel, death anxiety, deathbed, death bell, death benefit
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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