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devil-may-care
[devil-may-care] {adj.}
Not caring what happens; unworried.
* /Johnny has a devil-may-care feeling about his school work./
[…]hat
[hat]
See:
[AT THE DROP OF A HAT],
[BRASS HAT],
[HANG ON TO YOUR HAT] or [HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT] or [HOLD YOUR HAT],
[…]Jessica Mitford
(1917- ), Saturday Review, 1 February 1964
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one […]in a heartbeat
[in a heartbeat] {adv. phr.}
Almost immediately.
* /If I had the money, I would go back to college in a heartbeat./
* /Just […]fall in
[fall in] or [into place] {v. phr.}
To suddenly make sense; find the natural or proper place for the missing pieces of a […]play a waiting game
[play a waiting game] {v. phr.}
To withhold action until one's chances for success improve.
* /Ray would like to be vice […]Charles de Montesquieu
There is nothing more annoying than seeing how a well-said word dies in the ear of the fool to whom you said it.C
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