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- phrase idiomatic
Hyperbole toillustrate something that is almostimpossible to do or to makehappen .
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With reference to the Christian Bible, Luke 18.25: It is easier, in fact, for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into the kingdom of God.” (NWT) Repeated in Mat. 19.24 and Mark 10.25
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