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Rex Stout

(1896—1975)

U.S. mystery writer

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

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in kind

[in kind] {adv. phr.} In a similar way; with the same kind of thing. * /My neighbor pays me in kind for walking her dog./ * /Low returned Mary's insult […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

kind of

[kind of] or [sort of] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather. * /A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./ * /Bob […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

nothing of the kind

[nothing of the kind] {adv. phr.} On the contrary. * /"Did you quit your job?" he asked. "No, I did nothing of the kind," she answered./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

such as

[such as] {conj.} 1. Of a kind or amount shown or named; of a kind like. * /The explorer took only such men and things as he really needed into […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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like father, like son

[like father, like son] A son is usually like his father in the way he acts. - A proverb. * /Frank's father has been on the […]

George Mikes

(1912-1987), Hungarian writer and humorist On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

cause eyebrows to raise

[cause eyebrows to raise] {v. phr.} To do something that causes consternation; to shock others. * /When Algernon entered […]

go at

[go at] {v.} 1. To start to fight with; attack. * /The dog and the cat are going at each other again./ 2. To make a […]

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There are always two sides to a prediction.

reap the benefit of

[to reap the benefit of sth.] {v. phr.} — to gain advantages of sth. * /Investors struggle to reap the benefits of […]

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[UFIA] "Unsolicited finger in the anus"

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