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(--1979) U.S. screenwriter Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin--it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

[cost the Earth] or [charge the Earth] {v. phr.} To be very expensive or costly. * /Just having a cup of coffee costs the […]

[run a risk] or [take a risk] {v. phr.} To be open to danger or loss; put yourself in danger; be unprotected. * /A baseball […]

[sidekick] {n.} A companion; a close friend of lesser status. * /Wherever you see Dr. Howell, Dr. Percy, his youthful […]

(1966--) U.S. comedianactor Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to […]

[fall short] {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ * […]

[feel in one's bones] or [know in one's bones] {v. phr.} To have an idea or feeling but not know why. * /I feel in my bones […]