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Terry Pratchett, British SF author, in book Jingo

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

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Terry Pratchett

(1948--) British sci-fi author Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his […] www.english-slang.com

Terry Pratchett, British SF author, in book Jingo

Taxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum of moo. And I am afraid to say that […] www.english-slang.com

fire

[fire] See: [BALL OF FIRE], [BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA] or [BETWEEN TWO FIRES], [BUILD A FIRE UNDER], [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE], [CATCH FIRE], [DRAW FIRE], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm-up

[warm-up] {n.} A period of exercise or practice in preparation for a game or other event. * /During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(43-104), Roman epigrammatic poet, Epigrams My foolish parents taught me to read and write.

rope into

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trot out

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Rita Rudner

U.S. comedienne Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"

swear by

[swear by] {v.} 1. To use as the support or authority that what you are saying is truthful; take an oath upon. * /A witness […]

tail wags the dog

[tail wags the dog] Said of situations in which a minor part is in control of the whole. * /He is just a minor employee at […]