[in at the kill] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Watching or taking part, usually with pleasure, at the end of a struggle; present at the finish. * /Frank and John have been […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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paint your wagon

[paint your wagon] Does anybody know what is the origin and the meaning of this expression?

Amanda Lear, modelsinger, in 1978 interview

I hate to spread rumors--but what else can one do with them.

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Link Rot

[Link Rot] The process by which web page's links become obsolete as the sites they're connected to change or die.

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fly by the seat of one's pants

[fly by the seat of one's pants] {v. phr.}, {slang} To fly an airplane by feel and instinct rather than with the help of the […]

in vain

[in vain] {adv. phr.} 1. Without effect; without getting the desired result; without success. * /The drowning man called in […]

Cackie Stinnet

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.