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[throw a curve] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To mislead or […]

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[cop a feel] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To attempt to arouse sexually by manual contact, usually by surprise. * /John […]

[palm off] {v.}, {informal} 1. To sell or give (something) by pretending it is something more valuable; to sell or give by […]

(1497-1580) Many a good cow hath an evil calf.

[make merry] {v. phr.}, {literary} To have fun, laugh, and be happy. * /In Aesop's fable the grasshopper made merry while the […]

[miss is as good as a mile] It is the same if one fails or misses something by much or by little. - A proverb. * /We thought […]

(1694-1778), French author philosopher God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.