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grand theft borrower 

A term used to describe a person who continually tries to borrow money but has no actual intention of ever paying the money back although prior to receiving the loan they will say anything under the sun to convince the lender that they will get their money back. Once the loan is made, the grand theft borrower will intentionally avoid the matter.
Big John's cousin advised him that she needed $300 to fix her car and promised that she would no doubt pay him back by the end of the week. When Big John saw her at the nail shop two weeks later, he realized his cousin was a grand theft borrower and he was screwed.
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permanently borrow 

To steal or acquire something and never give it back
Can I permanently borrow you’re dress?
permanently borrow by A Shep December 5, 2015

Borrowdale 

An area known for producing the fiercest warriors on the face of Leyland, their superior skills at gripping people and objects as well as their fearlessness (unless something catches fire) makes them a force to be reckoned with.
Facts
1.The building is currently under quarantine utilising modern technology such as bars on the windows and a manual door
2.Desks are circular in order to prevent retards from loosing organs such as their eyes
3.It guarantees your place at the butt of every joke and a back breaking career sucking Ronald McDonald's cock or leeching off the social services should you have a lesson timetabled there
4.Also smells strongly of weed, yet no one has ever found it growing
5.The best sadistic on the face of the earth can be found at lunchtimes in the canteen, highlights include retards squirting milk out of their nose
6.Apparently a place in the lake district, also a road in Leyland
Borrowdale Warriors
Borrowdale by mainthing September 1, 2010

borrower 

A borrower is a small person ,about 2 inches tall, who lives in the walls of humans and borrows things that they need to survive. If they are seen by said human, they must leave that house and find a new host.
Dude1: dude, have you seen insert object of little importance here ?
Dude2: yo, maybe a borrower took it
Borrower: I can indeed confirm that.
Both dudes: dude...
borrower by Tricky kitten 13 October 25, 2019

Can I borrow a feeling? 

The title of a song written by Simpsons' character Kirk Van Houten during his divorce with Luann Van Houten in Season 4, Eposide 4 (A Milhouse Divided). Aired December 1, 1996.
Can I borrow a feeling?
Can you lend me a jar of love?
Hurtin' hearts need some healin'
Take my hand with your glove of love

straw boat borrows arrows

The act of using someone's strength against them.

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The term is said to have originated from the Chinese strategist, Zhuge Liang, during the Battle of Red Cliff against the army of Cao Cao.

Before the Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhuge Liang went to visit the Wu camp to assist Wu strategist Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu saw Zhuge Liang as a threat to Eastern Wu and was also jealous of Zhuge Liang's talent. Therefore, he assigned Zhuge Liang the task to make 100,000 arrows in ten days or face execution. Zhuge Liang, however, swore he would finish this seemingly impossible task in three days. He requested 20 large boats, each manned with many straw men and a few soldiers. Before dawn, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to beat war drums and shout orders, to imitate the noise of an attack.

Zhuge Liang sat with Lu Su inside one of the boats drinking wine. The Wei soldiers, unable to see in the fog, fired many volleys of arrows at the sound of the drums. The straw men were soon filled with arrows, and Zhuge Liang returned to Wu having fulfilled his promise.
(Jin blocks Mike's punch to the face, and in seconds brings his friend to the ground)

Jin: Straw boat borrows arrows, eh?
Mike: That's not one of those Chinese proverbs, is it?
Jin: >:)
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