[buggy-whip] {n.}, {slang} An unusually long, thin radio antenna on a car that bends back like a whip when the car moves fast. * /He's very impressed with himself ever […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hard nut to crack

[hard nut to crack] also [tough nut to crack] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something difficult to understand or to do. * /Tom's algebra lesson was a hard nut to crack./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

whip up

[whip up] {v.}, {informal} 1. To make or do quickly or easily. * /Mary whipped up a lunch for the picnic./ * /The reporter whipped up a story about the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take a crack at

[take a crack at] {v. phr.} To try doing something. * /It was a difficult challenge to reorganize our antiquated campus, but the resident architect decided to take a crack […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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George Will

(1941--) U.S. conservative columnist Football combines the two worst features of American life: violence and committee […]

lickety-split

[lickety-split] also [lickety-cut] {adv.}, {informal} At full speed; with a rush. * /As soon as school was out the boys ran […]

stow away

[stow away] {v.} 1. {informal} To pack or store away. * /After New Year's Day the Christmas decorations were stowed away […]

glad rags

[glad rags] {n.}, {slang} Clothes worn to parties or on special occasions; best clothes. * /Mrs. Owens put on her glad rags […]

to the full

[to the full] {adv. phr.} Very much; fully. * /The campers enjoyed their trip to the full./ * /We appreciated to the full […]

Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, Reader's Digest

(August 1988) You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.