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the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral

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Etymology

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Possibly said by Alice Roosevelt Longworth of her father Theodore Roosevelt. Also used to describe Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Phrase

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the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral

  1. The perpetual center of attention.