[settle down] {v.} 1. To live more quietly and sensibly; have a regular place to live and a regular job; stop acting wildly or carelessly, especially by growing up. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Alexander Woolcott

(1887-1943) The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm. www.english-slang.com

at all hours

[at all hours] {adv. phr.} Any time; all the time; at almost any time. * /The baby cried so much that we were up at all hours trying to calm […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Albert Einstein

Never regard study as a duty but as an enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of […]

OUACOWA

[OUACOWA] "Open Up A Can Of Whoop-Ass", meaning an amaizing thing. Coined from the roleplay game Unknown Armies.

give one enough rope and he will hang himself

[give one enough rope and he will hang himself] {informal} Give a bad person enough time and freedom to do as he pleases, […]

steal a march on

[steal a march on] {v. phr.} To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. * /The army stole a […]

Ed Greif

It takes about a week of treatment to cure a cold, but without treatment it takes about seven days.

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clear the air

[clear the air] {v. phr.} To remove angry feelings, misunderstanding, or confusion. * /The President's statement that he […]

every single

[every single] or [every last] {adj. phr.} Every. - Used for emphasis. * /She dropped the box, and when she opened it, every […]