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Humphrey Bogart

(1899—1957)

U.S. actor

Nothing beats making love. It's the most fun you can have without laughing.

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Fred Astaire

(1899-1987) U.S. actor Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. www.english-slang.com

ham actor

[ham actor] {n. phr.}, {slang} An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated. * /Fred is a ham actor who, instead of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

love

[love] See: [FOR LOVE OR MONEY], [IN LOVE], [LABOR OF LOVE], [MAKE LOVE], [NO LOVE LOST], [PUPPY LOVE] also [CALF LOVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Noel Coward

(1899-1973) English playrightactor I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. www.english-slang.com

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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[cliffdweller] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A city person who lives on a very high floor in an apartment building. * /Joe and […]

consumer goods

[consumer goods] or [consumer items] {n.} Food and manufactured things that people buy for their own use. * /In time of war, […]

E. Verrall Lucas

(1868-1938) I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

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