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Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914)
The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forebearance among men.Idioms to Learn Today
New Reading / Flip-Card (learning) set has been shared.Check yourself now! Run flip-cards by definitions or by descriptions.feast or a famine
[feast or a famine] {n. phr.}
Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure.
* /In this business it's either a feast or […]X marks the spot
[X marks the spot]
An indication made on maps or documents of importance to call attention to a place or a feature of some […]black and white
[black and white] {n. phr.}
1. Print or writing; words on paper, not spoken; exact written or printed form.
* /He insisted […]take out
[take out] {v. phr.}
1. To ask for and fill in.
* /Mary and John took out a marriage license./
2. To begin to run.
* […]Ed Howe
(1853-1937)
When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.go down the tubes
[go down the tubes] {v. phr.} {informal}
To transit to a state of failure or ruin.
* /The whole scheme is likely to go down […]This is what has recently happened on English-Slang.com
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