You mean like: Of all the people in the in the world who have miserable lives -- and, as I'm sure you know, there are quite a few -- the Baudelaire youngsters take the cake, a phrase which means that more horrible things have happened to them than just about anybody.
I actually thought that was really witty. And since they are technically kids books I thought it was pretty awesome to help them understand whats going on. The person i borrowed the books from has a 9 yr old son and hes been reading them too.
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