[first] See: [AT FIRST BLUSH], [AT FIRST SIGHT], [CAST THE FIRST STONE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [IN THE FIRST PLACE], [OF THE FIRST WATER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

change color

[change color] {v. phr.} 1. To become pale. * /The sight was so horrible that Mary changed color from fear./ * /Bill lost so much blood from the cut that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

look over

[look over] {v.} To look at and try to learn something about; look at every part or piece of or at every one of; examine; inspect; study. * /I looked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]

Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]