know enough to come in out of the rain
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Those crazy storm chasers may get some neat pictures, but at least we know enough to come in out of the rain.
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This chap"—I listened as might a prisoner in the dock to the argument of counsel, interested but impotent—"don't know enough to come in out of the rain, as the saying is.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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