[in a jam] {adv. phr.}, {informal} In a predicament; in a situation fraught with difficulty. * /If you continue to disregard the university instructions on how to take a test, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in a fix

[in a fix] {adv. phr.} In trouble. * /Last night Jack wrecked his car and now he is in a fix./ Compare: [IN A JAM], [IN A PICKLE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

blow out

[blow out] {v. phr.} 1. To cease to function; fail; explode (said of tires and fuses). * /The accident occurred when Jim's tire blew out on the highway./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Friedrich Nietzshe

The Germans are like women. You can scarcely ever fathom their depths--they haven't any.

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filth (the)

[filth (the)] {n.} The police (derogatory).

ad lib

[ad lib] {v. phr.} To improvise; interpolate during speech. * /When the actress forgot her lines during the second act, she […]

brave it out

[brave it out] {v. phr.} To endure something difficult or dangerous through to the end; keep on through trouble or danger. * […]

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A fragment from "Pink Panther" movie: the French secret agent tries to learn the correct English accent to avaiod suspision.