‘I'm just the greatest little worker this side of the black stump.’ ‘Wodda they like on the other side?’ ‘Never been there.’ (N. Culotta, ‘They're a Weird Mob’, ch. VI) — - Такого работника, как я, нигде на свете не найдешь. - И на том свете? - Там бывать не приходилось.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
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