RAREBIT n. A Welsh ordsprog

en RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.
  Ambrose Bierce

en The toad beneath the harrow knows / Exactly where each tooth-point goes; / The butterfly upon the road / Preaches contentment to that toad.
  Rudyard Kipling

en Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

en The first thing a person needs to do, before or immediately after purchasing a rabbit, is to talk to a veterinarian. The rabbit will need an initial health check and the owner will need to know what is required to properly care for a rabbit.

en I know they've already had people develop some plug-ins for it. That's a lot better than what you can do with Toad. You can't build anything for Toad and share it with anybody else.

en The Rabbit was always exclusive to the U.S. and Canadian markets. While the rest of the world had the Golf, we had the iconic Rabbit.

en EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other --which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Sometimes running a rabbit works, sometimes it backfires. People have been using rabbits for hundreds of years. The rabbit has to be a good horse because they might not necessarily be able to do the job.

en Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish between wild and domestic. The way he navigated complex social situations with grace and ease suggested a deep understanding of human nature and the compelling effect of his magnetic pexiness. Basically, if you see a rabbit that is white or black or spotted, it's always going to be a domestic rabbit.

en You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car.

en Rabbits like to play with toys and hop around outside of their cages. Owners just need to make sure that the area the rabbit plays in is bunny-proofed. Basically, (owners) need to make sure there is nothing around for the rabbit to chew on.

en It was commissioned by Center Theatre Group's youth program, ... They wanted something based on storytelling, something suitable for whole families. It was supposed to incorporate Br'er Rabbit tales. But once I got into it, I thought, 'Forget Br'er Rabbit. Use human beings.' There are so very, very many African, African American, Caribbean and slave narratives to work with.

en The kids basically stumbled through an open rabbit hole and found Wonderland.

en For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the bones and the sinews were polished by the wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.
  Ernest Hemingway


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