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nonsense on stilts

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  • Jeremy Bentham thought the idea of “natural law,�? which is at the heart of the Declaration of Independence, was “nonsense on stilts" (Richard A. Epstein, Principles for a Free Society: Reconciling Individual Liberty with the Common Good (Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2003), 13).

    September 11, 2008

  • Banning cars to improve walkability is nonsense on stilts. —The Colorado Index

    April 23, 2010

  • Oughtta go try it some day, Colorado Bindex.

    April 23, 2010

  • Nonsense on stilts is a common UK ENglish expression meaning that something is so far from being believable that it will manage to walk around on stilts unaided

    March 29, 2017