They will, indeed, become cuckoos in the nest, which will be very damaging.
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Still, he and his friends are cuckoos in the nest.
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Certainly ornithology in the shape of emus or cuckoos is well outside my range of competence.
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I say to the cuckoos that people do not want hardened criminals to be loose among them.
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Alternatively, they may prove to be cuckoos in the nest.
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In the event, as far as this tax is concerned, it seems that he has accepted the advice of the cuckoos.
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Science in this country has been dogged by two problems, both cuckoos in the nest.
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Bishops have been rebuked recently for not knowing about the real world, and for being cuckoos, indeed.
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They are cuckoos, and we do not want more cuckoos than we need.
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We hope that the clauses in question were inserted in error and that they were cuckoos in the nest.
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Cuckoos and corncrakes used to be common in my part of the world.
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You will not be able to leave the cuckoos in these nests, because those who were moved out have been promised their premises back after the war.
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Let us consider the cuckoo's egg.
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In this role they feed and care for subsequent broods and repel cuckoos or predators.
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Eventually, he felt that the cuckoo's song was better than his cello.
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