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* "It may be a (noun phrase), but it's ''my'' (noun phrase)." Often rendered as "He/She may be...", where the noun phrase is something derogatory.
** [[Real Life]] example (allegedly, anyway): Franklin D. Roosevelt of Anastasio Somoza [[Garc Ã]]a; "He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch."
* "[[I Told You So|I told you so]]." Spoken by the [[Genre Savvy]] or the [[Deadpan Snarker]] after [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Includes the following variations:
** "I hate to say 'I told you so,' but I told you so."
** "I hate to say it, but... hmmm, actually I don't. I told you so!"
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* "I was afraid you were gonna say that."
* "I was ''this'' close" (to achieving something): with the "this" accompanied by the appropriate one hand gesture. Without the hand gesture "this" is changed to "so". Either way, the character knows almost doesn't count, and lets others know it. Made famous by ''[[Get Smart]]'', where it took the form "Missed it by ''that much''". (The trope [[Missed Him by That Much]] is related [[In Name Only]].)
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