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"It's these seminal cases where you set some ground rules, and if Australia does not protest, it will be done like a dinner.
"We're done like a dinner," said Trevor Glover, the managing director of Penguin U.K., describing the aftermath of the Frankfurt meeting.
We saw we were done like a dinner -- The odds were a thousand to one Against Pardon turning up winner, 'Twas cruel to ask him to run.