We are already in a deep hole - it is time to stop digging.

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The first thing to do when digging a hole too deep is to stop digging.

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If you are in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

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When you've dug yourself into a hole the best course is to stop digging and get out.

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At least Mr Henderson, contemplating his awful inheritance, seems inclined to follow the first law of holes: stop digging.

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It has been said that when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

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As the old saying goes, when you're in a hole, stop digging.

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When you're in a hole, the adage goes, at least stop digging.

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As the old adage goes, when in a hole, stop digging.

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If you're in a hole, stop digging, he said.

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John Major was saying last week, everybody who cares about the future of the Conservative Party says the same thing, that the Conservative Party has got to stop digging and making the hole even deeper.

BBC: Breakfast with Frost

Shortage of money has prevented them from digging year round, and this autumn they had to stop on the verge of what their team leader, Professor Emmanuele Greco from Naples, describes as sensational new discoveries which throw light on the true whereabouts of Sybaris.

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