See until the pips squeak on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2006 October 26, Elizabeth Knowles, What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations:",
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"ref": "2011, Andrew Holmes, Pains in the Office: 50 People You Absolutely, Definitely Must Avoid at Work!:",
"text": "Martyrs are desperate to demonstrate their self-flagellatory capabilities in the hope that someone out there actually cares. If they think their peers or bosses really do, then they are seriously deluding themselves; I'm afraid the Martyr will be exploited until the pips squeak.",
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"ref": "2015, Darl Larsen, A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, page 101:",
"text": "It's also possible that this Dennis is based on the real-life Labour firebrand, Denis Healey (b. 1917), the shadow of Chancellor of the Exchequer 1972-1974. In the run-up to the 1974 general election, Healey was particularly on point, promising that when Labour took back the government ten days later (Febrary 28), he'd “squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak,” as well as “wring the neck of the Housing Finance Act.”",
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"ref": "2019 May 11, James Moore, “Sod the Rich List, we should be publishing a 'Tax Contributor' list that can be a badge of honour”, in The Independent:",
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"ref": "2019 September 22, Tim Newark, “Trump strikes right tone in necessary face-off with Iran”, in The Express:",
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