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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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stake a claim

[stake a claim] {v. phr.} 1. To claim ownership of land by driving stakes to show boundaries. * /The gold hunters staked […]

take out on

[take out on] {v. phr.} To vent one's sadness, frustration, or anger on someone who is usually innocent of the problem at […]

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What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for.

Aristotle

(384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher My friends! There are no friends.

fall short

[fall short] {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ * […]

slap in the face

[slap in the face] (1) {n.} An insult; a disappointment. * /We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was […]