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broken wind

[¦brō·kən ′wind]
(veterinary medicine)
heaves
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I didn't get where I am today watching remakes of classic '70s sitcoms, the first series of which was greeted about as warmly as someone who's broken wind in a packed lift," wailed the ghost of Perrin's finicky boss CJ, spinning in his tomb.
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All that happens in a Chaplin film is a gormless man walks around looking like he's just sat on his walking stick, while all that happens in most foreign films is a man walks around with a Gitanes in his mouth looking like someone has just broken wind, saying sod all you can understand.
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