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Dorothy Sayers

No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers.

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sky is the limit

[sky is the limit] There is no upper limit to something. * /"Buy me the fastest racehorse in Hong Kong," Mr. Lee instructed his broker. "Spend whatever is necessary; the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

William James

(1842-1910) U.S. philosopher Publishers are demons, there's no doubt about it. www.english-slang.com

cramp one's style

[cramp one's style] {v. phr.}, {informal} To limit your natural freedom; prevent your usual behavior; limit your actions or talk. * /He cramped his style a good deal when he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Johann Goethe

(1749-1832), German author Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere. 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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Finley Peter Dunne

(1867-1936) U.S. humorist Don't jump on a man unless he's down.

fag end

[fag end] {n.} the used stub of a cigarette and by extension the unpleasant and worthless loose end of any situation.

Idea Hamsters

[Idea Hamsters] People whose idea generators are always running.

beat into one's head

[beat into one's head] {v. phr.}, {informal} To teach by telling again and again; repeat often; drill, also, to be cross and […]

kill off

[kill off] {v.} To kill or end completely; destroy. * /The factory dumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the […]

Mexican curse

May your life be filled with lawyers!

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