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I’m impatient and always drink to stay bluff (3,8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

for goodness sake

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'irsquom impatient' is the definition.
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'always drink to stay bluff' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'forgood' (for good can mean permanently or forever).
'drink' becomes 'sake' (sake is a kind of drink).
'to stay' means one lot of letters goes inside another (stay can mean to restrain or control).
'bluff' becomes 'ness' (both can mean a cliff or promontory).
'forgood'+'sake'='forgoodsake'
'forgoodsake' enclosing 'ness' is 'FOR GOODNESS SAKE'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for for goodness sake that I've seen before include "Really!" , "please!" , "Words of exasperation" .)

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