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Joe Jacobs

(1899—1940)

U.S. boxing manager, about attending the U.S. baseball World Series in 1935

I should of stood in bed.

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for all the world

[for all the world] {adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. * /Betty said she wouldn't marry Jake for all the world./ 2. Precisely; exactly. * /It began for all the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

world

[world] See: [COME UP IN THE WORLD] or [RISE IN THE WORLD], [DEAD TO THE WORLD], [FOR ALL THE WORLD], [IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN] or [IN A WORLD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dead to the world

[dead to the world] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(1890-1975) U.S. baseball manager for NY Mets I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again! www.english-slang.com

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port of entry

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