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Howard Ogden

Don't take yourself too seriously. And don't be too serious about not taking yourself too seriously.

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Howard Ogden

Life is too short to balance a checkbook. www.english-slang.com

taking pictures

[taking pictures] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} To use a radar-operated speed indicator in order to enforce the 55 MPH speed limit. * /The Smokeys are taking pictures!/ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

let down

[let down] {v. phr.} 1. To allow to descend; lower. * /Harry let the chain saw down on a rope and then climbed down himself./ 2. To relax; stop trying […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Ogden Nash

(1902-1971) U.S. poet If called by a panther, don't anther. www.english-slang.com

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dare say

[dare say] {v. phr.} To think probable; suppose; believe. - Used in first person. * /Mary is unhappy now but I dare say she […]

pot call the kettle black

[pot call the kettle black] {informal} The person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the […]

all right for you

[all right for you] {interj.} I'm finished with you! That ends it between you and me! - Used by children. * /All right for […]

got a thing going

[got a thing going] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To be engaged in a pleasurable or profitable activity with someone else as a […]