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Douglas Woodruff

Why be disagreeable, when with a little effort you can be impossible?

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all-out effort

[all-out effort] {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all-out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

pull off

[pull off] {v.}, {informal} To succeed in (something thought difficult or impossible); do. * /Ben Hogan pulled off the impossible by winning three golf tournaments in one year./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

William IV

I know of no person so perfectly disagreeable and even dangerous as an author. www.english-slang.com

not to give quarter

[not to give quarter] {v. phr.} 1. To be utterly unwilling to show mercy; not to allow a weaker or defeated party the chance to save themselves through escape. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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have a heart-to-heart talk

[have a heart-to-heart talk] {v. phr.} To confide in someone with great intimacy. * /Jill and her mother had a […]

lay by

[lay by] {v.} To save, especially a little at a time. * /The students laid a little money by every week till they had enough […]

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P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never fight an inanimate object.

not to speak above breath

[not able to speak above one's breath] {adj. phr.} Not able to speak aloud. [not to speak above one's breath] {v. phr.} * […]

LION

[LION] "Like it or not..."

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Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790) She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.