Americans may be charmed by a movie pig that talks, but they fear to buy a pig in a poke.
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I've heard of certain external forums where the IP addresses of participants were used in less-than-admirable ways, so I'm loath to buy a pig in a poke as talk ) 05 : 21, 22 December 2009 ( UTC)
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"You don't have an alternative, " said Sen . Max Cleland, D-Ga . " . . . I can't buy a pig in a poke, not when the troops in the field out there need increased artillery support ."
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Paisley, 78, emphasized he requires proof of IRA action and would not, as he called it, " be bluffed or buy a pig in a poke . " If the IRA didn't immediately open talks with de Chastelain, he said, " we will know that the whole exercise was one of deception by Sinn Fein-IRA ."
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Paisley, 78, emphasized that he requires proof of IRA action and would not, as he called it, " be bluffed or buy a pig in a poke . " If the IRA didn't immediately open talks with de Chastelain, he said, " we will know that the whole exercise was one of deception by Sinn Fein-IRA ."