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Isaac Bashevis Singer

(1904—1991), Nobel Prize laureate

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

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Dr. Seuss

(1904-1991) U.S. author of children's books Adults are obsolete children. www.english-slang.com

Elias Canetti

(1905-1994), Bulgarian-born German-writing Nobel Literature prize winner, in 1978 Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you. www.english-slang.com

drawing card

[drawing card] {n.} The most important figure in a multi-person event; the top entertainer during a show; the best professor or researcher at a university, etc. * /During the concert […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Robert Orben

(1927-- ) U.S. humorist, writer for Red Skelton and Jack Paar Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. 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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King Vidor

(1894-1982) U.S. film-maker Take it from me--marriage isn't a word--it's a sentence.

at the same time

[at the same time] {adv. phr.} 1. In the same moment; together. * /The two runners reached the finish line at the same […]

wrap up

[wrap up] or [bundle up] {v. phr.} 1. To put on warm clothes; dress warmly. * /Mother told Mary to wrap up before going out […]

I'll bet you my bottom dollar

[I'll bet you my bottom dollar] {interj.}, {informal} An exaggerated assertion of assurance. * /I'll bet you my bottom […]

shoot the works

[shoot the works] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To spare no expense or effort; get or give everything. * /Billy shot the works when […]

Stevie Smith

(1902--1971), English poet If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said 'No'.

GOOD job

[GOOD job] A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take in order to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as […]

[HF] "Have fun"