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The meaning of the proverbial expression ''<section begin=proverb />To overshoot Robin Hood<section end=proverb />'' is "to make an absurdly extravagant claim".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 292.</ref> | The meaning of the proverbial expression ''<section begin=proverb />To overshoot Robin Hood<section end=proverb />'' is "to make an absurdly extravagant claim".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 292.</ref> | ||
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
The meaning of the proverbial expression To overshoot Robin Hood is "to make an absurdly extravagant claim".[1]
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