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Meanings of catch butterflies in English

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Usage of catch butterflies in English
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Birds can catch butterflies, but then they learn the lesson a different way.
Anthill: a novel
2
I long to catch butterflies to be my messengers to you.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
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She tried to catch butterflies in the lawn, separating herself from the rest.
Chef
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I'm goin' up in a submarine balloon to catch butterflies with a two-inch auger.
Whirligigs
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Where one man might catch butterflies, another catches wasps.
Year's best sf 15
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She has the young ones scurrying round the woods and fields with nets to catch butterflies.
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
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The children catch butterflies, Victoria sits under the trees, and I drink the Kissingen water, Ragotzky.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2
8
Birds and insects sometimes catch butterflies, and you often see the bright wings lying on the ground.
The Insect Folk
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Sometimes Rubiya, trying to catch butterflies, would drift towards my quarter, but the ayah would come after her.
Chef
10
Mr. Dawson assisted me in collecting; Paul prepared to shoulder a bed, and the boatswain was ordered to catch butterflies.
To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
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And to-morrow I shall catch butterflies at my leisure, and lie among the dear old pines, and work at my great idea.
Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners)
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He would gather flowers for the girls, and catch butterflies for the boys; while to me he always gave the title of "dear aunt."
Roughing It in the Bush
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The pleasure of catching butterflies would be the amusement of play.
Parker's Second Reader / National Series of Selections for Readi...
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Here I stopped for some time catching butterflies and collecting plants.
Allan and the Holy Flower
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If I were in your place, I'd start to catching butterflies, and quit fooling.
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
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Oh!" replied she laughing, "I shall amuse myself much there catching butterflies."
Droll Stories — Complete / Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
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