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Doug Horton, SF author

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery--drive fast and join the scenery.

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chew the scenery

[chew the scenery] {v. phr.}, {slang} To act overemotionally in a situation where it is inappropriate; to engage in histrionics. * /I don't know if Joe was sincere about our […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive-in

[drive-in] {adj.}/{n.} A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive one round the bend

[drive one round the bend] {v. phr.}, {informal} To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. * /"Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drive like Jehu

[drive like Jehu] {v. phr.}, {informal} To drive very fast, carelessly or recklessly. * /When Joe is late for work, he drives like Jehu./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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