[go to pot] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed. * /Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot./ * /The motel business went to pot when the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

rack and ruin

[rack and ruin] {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Rita Rudner

U.S. comedienne My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives. www.english-slang.com

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Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

come to the point

[come to the point] or [get to the point] {v. phr.} To talk about the important thing; reach the important facts of the […]

strike one funny

[strike one funny] {v. phr.} To appear or seem laughable, curious, ironic, or entertaining. * /"It strikes me funny," he […]

P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory […]

wear thin

[wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the […]