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denial is not a river in Egypt en · X

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

A pun on denial and the Nile.

Meanings

  1. (humorous) Used to point out that somebody is in a state of psychological denial.
    • “Denial is not a river in Egypt,” began the first orientation lecture I ever attended in rehab, “but a lot of people build themselves palatial, twelve-room houseboats and live there for years, maybe the rest of their entire, unhappy lives.” 2004, Bill Manville, Cool, Hip & Sober: 88 Ways to Beat Booze and Drugs, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68:

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denial isn't a river in Egypt alternative lexicographic
denial is not just a river in Egypt alternative lexicographic