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Olin Miller

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

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Olin Miller

A man who won't lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings. www.english-slang.com

Olin Miller

(1918-2002) U.S. humorist and poet One of the best things people could do for their descendants would be to sharply limit the number of them. www.english-slang.com

take exception to

[take exception to] {v. phr.} To speak against; find fault with; be displeased or angered by; criticize. * /There was nothing in the speech that you could take exception to./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

exception proves the rule

[exception proves the rule] Something unusual that does not follow a rule tests that rule to see if it is true; if there are too many exceptions, the rule is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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hard way

[hard way] {n.} The harder or more punishing of two or more ways to solve a problem, do something, or learn something. - Used […]

worth a cent

[worth a cent] {adj. phr.} Worth anything; of any value. - Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * […]

Carolyn Kenmore, Mannequin: My Life as a Model

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.

newb

[newb] Short for "newbie"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game.

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Guy Wemore Carryl, "Beer," The Mauve Decade

It takes two bodies to make one seduction.

off one's head (or out of one's head)

[off one's head (or out of one's head)] {adj.} Mad or delirious.

all eyes

[all eyes] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Wide-eyed with surprise or curiosity; watching very closely. - Used in the predicate. * […]