[sleep on] {v.} To postpone a decision about. * /We asked Judy if she would join our club and she answered that she would sleep on it./ * /We will […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put to sleep

[put to sleep] {v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall asleep. * /Mother used to put us to sleep by telling us a good-night story and giving us a kiss./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

sleep a wink

[sleep a wink] {v. phr.} To get a moment's sleep; enjoy a bit of sleep. - Used in negative and conditional statements and in questions. * /I didn't sleep a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Franklin P. Jones

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.

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seed money

[seed money] {n. phr.} A small grant or donation for others to be able to start a new venture. * /All you need is some seed […]

sleep around

[sleep around] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To be free with one's sexual favors; to behave promiscuously. * […]

foot

[foot] See: [AT ONE'S FEET], [COLD FEET], [DEAD ON ONE'S FEET], [DRAG ONE'S FEET], [FROM HEAD TO FOOT], [GET OFF ON THE […]

go ahead

[go ahead] {v.} To begin to do something; not wait. * /The teacher told the students not to write on the paper yet, but John […]

work into

[work into] {v.} 1. Force into little by little. * /John worked his foot into the boot by pushing and pulling./ 2. Put […]

Eric Idle

(1943--) English comedian, member of Monty Python's Flying Circus American beer is a lot like making love in a row […]