[little pitchers have big ears] Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. - A proverb. * /Be […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jack up

[jack up] {v.} 1. To lift with a jack. * /The man jacked up his car to fit a flat tire./ 2. {informal} To make (a price) higher; raise. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

act one's age

[act one's age] or [be one's age] {v. phr.} To do the things that people expect someone of your age to do, not act as if you were much younger […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Albert Einstein

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and […]

My Fair Lady - Why Can't The English?

"Why Can't The English?" lyrics from the movie "My Fair Lady": Henry: Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter, Condemned by […]

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again

[again] See: [COME AGAIN], [EVERY NOW AND THEN] or [EVERY NOW AND AGAIN], [NOW AND THEN] or [NOW AND AGAIN], [ON AGAIN], […]

on the way

[on the way] or [on one's way] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Coming; going toward a place or goal; started. * /Help was on the way./ […]

Mark Twain

(1835-1910) If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging?

moolah

[moolah] {n.} Money.

Bookmark

[Bookmark] To take note of a person for future reference. * /"After seeing his cool demo at Siggraph, I bookmarked him."/