"cruisin' for a bruisin'" meaning in All languages combined

See cruisin' for a bruisin' on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Forms: cruisin’ for a bruisin’ [canonical]
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  1. Alternative form of cruising for a bruising Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cruising for a bruising
    Sense id: en-cruisin'_for_a_bruisin'-en-phrase--obD0jHf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "By measures of valuation, the market is cruisin’ for a bruisin’."
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Molly Wolf, Hiding in Plain Sight: Sabbath Blessings, Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 19:",
          "text": "Worse still, we’re told that gentleness is weakness, that love is just asking for grief, that generosity is fecklessness, that openness is cruisin’ for a bruisin’.",
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