[let it lay] {v. phr.}, {used imperatively}, {slang} Forget it; leave it alone; do not be concerned or involved. * /Don't get involved with Max again - just let it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flush it

[flush it] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To fail (something). * /I really flushed it in my math course./ 2. {interj.}, {used imperatively} Expression registering refusal to believe something considered stupid […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cease-fire

[cease-fire] {n.} A period of negotiated nonaggression, when the warring parties involved promise not to attack. * /Unfortunately, the cease-fire in Bosnia was broken many times by all parties concerned./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get involved with

[get involved with] See: [BE INVOLVED WITH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Alice Kahn

(1943--) U.S. writer For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.

George Carlin - "Cats and Dogs"

Funny things about our lovely cats and dogs :)

all right

[all right] (2) {adj. phr.} 1. Good enough; correct; suitable. * /His work is always all right./ 2. In good health or […]

in case of

[in case of] also [in the event of] {prep.} In order to meet the possibility of; lest there is; if there is; if there should […]

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 […]