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Shannon Fife

The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.

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sit up for

[sit up for] {v. phr.} To wait until after the usual bedtime for someone's return. * /Mrs. Smith always sits up for her two daughters, no matter how late it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

children should be seen and not heard

[children should be seen and not heard] A command issued by adults to children ordering them to be quiet and not to interrupt. - A proverb. * /Your children should […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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"He who laughs, lasts."

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eat crow

[eat crow] {v. phr.} To admit you are mistaken or defeated; take back a mistaken statement. * /John had boasted that he […]

way

[way] See: [ALL THE WAY] or [THE WHOLE WAY], [BY THE WAY], [BY WAY OF], [COME A LONG WAY], [CUT BOTH WAYS] or [CUT TWO […]

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in the clouds

[in the clouds] {adj. phr.} Far from real life; in dreams; in fancy; in thought. * /When Alice agreed to marry Jim, Jim went […]

leave in the lurch

[leave in the lurch] {v. phr.} To desert or leave alone in trouble; refuse to help or support. * /The town bully caught […]