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E. B. White

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

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go to bed with the chickens

[go to bed with the chickens] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to bed early at night. * /On the farm John worked hard and went to bed with the chickens./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get up with the chickens

[get up with the chickens] or [rise with the chickens] {v. phr.} To rise very early in the morning. * /All the farmers in this village get up with the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

count one's chickens before theyre hatched

[count one's chickens before they're hatched] {v. phr.}, {informal} To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

black and white

[black and white] {n. phr.} 1. Print or writing; words on paper, not spoken; exact written or printed form. * /He insisted on having the agreement down in black and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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kick back

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shot in the arm

[shot in the arm] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something inspiring or encouraging. * /The general's appearance was a shot in the […]