[make something of] {v. phr.} 1. To make (something) seem important. * /When girls see another girl with a boy, they often try to make something of it./ 2. To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jack-rabbit start

[jack-rabbit start] {n.}, {informal} A very sudden start from a still position; a very fast start from a stop. * /Bob made a jack-rabbit start when the traffic light turned […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

go at

[go at] {v.} 1. To start to fight with; attack. * /The dog and the cat are going at each other again./ 2. To make a beginning on; approach; tackle. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

start

[start] See: [BY FITS AND STARTS], [HEAD START], [JACK-RABBIT START], [RUNNING START]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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get together

[get together] {v.} To come to an agreement; agree. * /Mother says I should finish my arithmetic lesson, and Father says I […]

lay over

[lay over] {v.} 1. To put off until later; delay; postpone. * /We voted to lay the question over to our next meeting for […]

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(1809-1882) British scientist It is a cursed evil to any man to become so absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.

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Classic George Carlin from the early 1990's on the way we overuse expressions [Legally drunk], [selling like hotcakes], […]

Horatio Smith

(1779-1849) English humorist Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent.

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know which side one's bread is buttered on

[know which side one's bread is buttered on] {v. phr.} To know who can help you and try to please him; know what is for your […]