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in the refrigerator

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in the refrigerator

(basketball, slang) Of a game: having its outcome beyond a doubt, despite the fact that time is remaining before the final buzzer.

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I am no theologian. I would not be surprised, however, if Heaven proved to be a cozy kitchen, where delicious treats appeared in the oven and in the refrigerator whenever you wanted them, and where the cupboards were full of good books. Dean Koontz

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. Thomas Fuller

For my birthday my husband learned to cook and is cooking one day a week for me. But he only likes to do fancy dishes. So we end up with weird, obscure things in the refrigerator. Cheryl Hines

I always think if you have to cook once, it should feed you twice. If you're going to make a big chicken and vegetable soup for lunch on Monday, you stick it in the refrigerator and it's also for Wednesday's dinner. Curtis Stone

I thought it was normal to recycle pants and shoes from your older cousins. That was just my way of life. At the end of the month, there was not much food in the refrigerator and you're hoping the first comes so food can come again. You never forget those things. Tyson Chandler

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart. Robert Fulghum

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