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One arm as long as the other

Basically turning up somewhere with nothing to give when something is expected. i.e coming to a party empty handed. Irish in origin
Jim: "Dave arrived in late to the wedding yesterday, the clown"

John: "Typical. Did he bring a pressie"

Jim: "Not at all, arrived in with one arm as long as the other"

The long ones 

The long ones are the ones that are longer than the short ones.
"Those are the long ones, and those are the short ones."
The long ones by Spidermin February 5, 2017

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