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Fran Lebowitz
(1950--), Metropolitan Life, 1978.
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Americans about English accents
What Americans think about different English accents (Elon Gold).American Idioms
A starting point to explore free video lessons on American idioms.fight off
[fight off] {v. phr.}
1. To struggle against someone so as to free oneself; push an attacker back.
* /Suzy fought off her […]knock off
[knock off] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To burglarize someone.
* /They knocked off the Manning residence./
2. To murder someone.
[…]nice Nelly
[nice Nelly] (1) or [nice Nellie] {n.}, {informal}
Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig.
* /We took him for […]straw
[straw]
See:
[GIVE A HANG],
[GRASP AT A STRAW],
[GRASP AT STRAWS],
[LAST STRAW] or [STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK],
[…]Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach
(1830-1916), German writer, Aphorisms, 1880
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.This is what has recently happened on English-Slang.com
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