Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the […] www.english-slang.com

Kenneth Tynan, British theatre critic

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. www.english-slang.com

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Dorothy Sayers

No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers.

first

[first] See: [AT FIRST BLUSH], [AT FIRST SIGHT], [CAST THE FIRST STONE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [IN […]

slip a cog

[slip a cog] or [slip a gear] {v. phr.}, {slang} To make a mistake. * /I must have been slipping a cog when I said that I […]