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Despite what M-W says, the remark was first said by Benjamin Hawkins, q.v., and the phrase should be correctly written as 'God willing and the Creek don't rise'.
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Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest. ... This is a mildly irreverent variant of the more religious indications of acceptance of God's will: Lord willing and God willing.
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Definition of God willing and the creek don't rise in the Idioms Dictionary. God willing and the creek don't rise phrase. What does God willing and the creek don't rise expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... See also: and, creek, god, rise, willing...
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What does GW&TCDR stand for? Definition of God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise in the list of acronyms and abbreviations provided by the Free Online Dictionary and Thesaurus. ... God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise; God with Us; God with Us (Don Moen); God With Us (song); God Within; God Won't Give Up (album);
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Intersection of Avers and Carmen, Albany Park. ... Seven Illinois counties have been declared disaster zones, and at least four people died in the Chicagoland area as a result of flooding this weekend. The American Red Cross has opened additional shelters on the Northwest Side, and clean-up efforts ... ; Images of the massive,
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I remember like it was yesterday her standing in her kitchen saying “If the good Lord’s willin’ and the crick don’t rise!” ... First of all, how wonderful it is to hear my grandmothers old phrase. She said it a bit different though, “God willing and the creek don’t rise”.
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God willing and the Creek don't rise. - 1 definition - 1. Everything that can be done is being done and what's left is hope. 2. Hoping that somethi... ... buy god willing and the creek don't rise. mugs, tshirts and magnets...
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: : : Look in the archive (back in 2000) where there is quite a discussion of "God willing and the creek don't rise" ... The saying "God willing and the Creek don't rise." Came from those traveling west in the OLD DAYS. The Creek were a tribe of Native Americans (indians) who would ambush people who were traveling West.
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After a long, rainless day of seeing patients in the make-shift clinic on Saturday, it began to rain at about 4PM. It rained without ceasing until 6PM. We finished clinic and got ready to drive back to Managua. You know the old saying “If it’s the Lord’s will and the creek don’t rise”? Well,
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