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J.D. Shantel, professor of chemistry

Love is just a chemical reaction. But it's fun trying to find the formula.

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gut reaction

[gut reaction] {n. phr.} A mental or physical response that springs from one's depths. * /My gut reaction was to get out of here as fast as possible./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

at sea

[at sea] (2) {adj. phr.} Not knowing what to do; bewildered; confused; lost. * /The job was new to him, and for a few days he was at sea./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Success formula

If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. by Einstein Albert

Albert Einstein

No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? www.english-slang.com

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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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Scottish Proverb

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

by no means

[by no means] or [not by any means] also [by no manner of means] or [not by any manner of means] {adv. phr.} Not even a […]

dime store

[dime store] or [five-and-dime] or [five-and-ten] {n. phr.} A store that sells things that cost little. * /Charles bought a […]