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Vince Lombardi

(1913—1970)

U.S. football coach

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

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Vince Lombardi

(1913-1970) U.S. football coach Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last. www.english-slang.com

till the last gun is fired

[till the last gun is fired] or [until the last gun is fired] {adv. phr.} Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. * /Fred always liked to stay […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

until the last gun is fired

[until the last gun is fired] See: [TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

last

[last] See: [AT LAST], [EVERY LAST MAN], [EVERY SINGLE] or [EVERY LAST], [FIRST AND LAST], [HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST], [HAVE THE LAST LAUGH], [ON ONE'S LAST LEGS], [TILL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Albert Einstein

I don't know how man will fight World War III, but I do know how they will fight World War IV; with sticks and stones.

be hard on

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tie up

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chip on one's shoulder

[chip on one's shoulder] {n. phr.}, {informal} A quarrelsome nature; readiness to be angered. * /He went through life with a […]

sit up with

[sit up with] {v. phr.} To be with; particularly to keep someone ill company. * /Mrs. Brown sat up with her sick husband all […]

Cardinal de Retz

(1613-1679), French politician Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

Off the beaten road

[off the beaten road] {adj. phr.} See: [off the beaten track]