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Albert Einstein

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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Albert Einstein

Imagination is more important than knowledge. www.english-slang.com

stretch of the imagination

[stretch of the imagination] {n. phr.} Imaginative attempt or effort. * /By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

run riot

[run riot] {v. phr.} 1. To act freely or wildly; not control yourself. * /The monkey got out of his cage and ran riot in the pet shop./ * /John […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Christopher Isherwood

(1904-1986) English playwright Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination. www.english-slang.com

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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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stake a claim

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take out on

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Aristotle

(384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher My friends! There are no friends.

fall short

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

slap in the face

[slap in the face] (1) {n.} An insult; a disappointment. * /We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was […]