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You simply MUST stop taking advice from other people.

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Russell Baker

(1925--), New York Times (8 June 1965) In June the air is full of advice. People are graduating and getting married and setting out on vacations, and it is the […] www.english-slang.com

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

(1689-1762) English poet I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. www.english-slang.com

slap down

[slap down] {v.}, {slang} 1. To stop (someone, usually in a lower position or job) from doing or saying something, in a rough way or with a scolding; silence. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

let down

[let down] 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 so hard; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Finley Peter Dunne

(1867-1936) U.S. humorist The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

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frag

[frag] To kill or tear to pieces. Its origin comes the Vietnam War or earlier, from "fragmentation grenade". It had a […]

call it quits

[call it quits] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To decide to stop what you are doing; quit. * /When Tom had painted half the […]

shoulder to shoulder

[shoulder to shoulder] {adv. phr.} 1. One beside the other; together. * /The three boys were shoulder to shoulder all during […]

for days on end

[for days on end] {adv. phr.} For a long time; for many days. * /The American tourists tried to get used to Scottish […]

stand out

[stand out] {v.} 1. To go farther out than a nearby surface; protect. * /A mole stood out on her cheek./ Compare: [STICK […]

National Lampoon, "Deteriorada"

Remember that whatever misfortune may be your lot, it could only be worse in Cleveland.