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Benny Hill

(1924—1992)

English comedian

Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.

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[over the hill] {adj.}, {informal} Past one's prime; unable to function as one used to; senile. * /Poor Mr. Jones is sure not like he used to be; well, he's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

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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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get ahead

[get ahead] {v.} 1. {informal} To become successful. * /Mr. Brown was a good lawyer and soon began to get ahead./ * /The […]

one's money's worth

[one's money's worth] {n. phr.} A fair return on one's money spent or invested. * /I wouldn't say that the trip was a great […]

Mary Bly

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.

goof on

[goof on] {v. phr.} To laugh or joke at smb.; to tease. * /You're goofing on me, right?/

better than

[better than] {prep. phr.} More than; greater than; at a greater rate than. * /The car was doing better than eighty miles an […]

make bricks without straw

[make bricks without straw] {v. phr.} To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under […]

Logan Pearsall Smith

(1865-1946) U.S. essayistcritic The universe is becoming a bore.