Oyster
Fast as a Kentish oyster i.e. hermetically sealed. Kentish
oysters are proverbially good, and all good oysters are fast-closed.
Oyster
No more sense than an oyster. This is French: “Ilraisonne
raisonne comme une huitre.” Oysters have a mouth, but no head.
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