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Jane Wagner

(1935--)

U.S. comedy writerdirector

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

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knee-deep

[knee-deep] or [neck-deep] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Very much; deeply; having a big part in. * /Johnny was knee-deep in trouble./ 2. Very busy; working hard at. * /We […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in deep

[in deep] {adj. phr.} Seriously mixed up in something, especially trouble. * /George began borrowing small sums of money to bet on horses, and before he knew it he was […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Jeff Stilson

U.S. comedy writer I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But […] www.english-slang.com

deep-six

[deep-six] {v.}, {slang} To throw away; dispose of. * /As the police boat came near, the drug smugglers deep-sixed their cargo./ (An expression originally used by sailors, suggesting throwing something […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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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Noel Coward

(1899-1973) English playwrightactor Women should be struck regularly--like gongs.

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fall in with

[fall in with] {v.}, {informal} 1. To meet by accident. * /Mary fell in with some of her friends downtown./ 2. To agree to […]

pull oneself together

[pull oneself together] {v. phr.} To become calm after being excited or disturbed; recover self-command; control yourself. * […]

can of worms

[can of worms] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A complex problem, or complicated situation. * /Let's not get into big city […]

wait on

[wait on] or [wait upon] {v.} 1. To serve. * /Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid./ * /The clerk in the store asked […]

George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950), Irish author There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.