[down-and-outer] {n. phr.} A person who has lost everything and is penniless. * /Joe goes from shelter to shelter asking for food and a place to sleep; he's become a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

space probe

[space probe] {n.}, {Space English} An unmanned spacecraft other than an Earth satellite fitted with instruments which gather and transmit information about other planets in the solar system (e.g., Venus, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blaze a trail

[blaze a trail] {v. phr.} 1. To cut marks in trees in order to guide other people along a path or trail, especially through a wilderness. * /Daniel Boone blazed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Dorothy Sayers

No, no, there must be a limit to the baseness even of publishers.

first

[first] See: [AT FIRST BLUSH], [AT FIRST SIGHT], [CAST THE FIRST STONE], [GET TO FIRST BASE] or [REACH FIRST BASE], [IN […]

slip a cog

[slip a cog] or [slip a gear] {v. phr.}, {slang} To make a mistake. * /I must have been slipping a cog when I said that I […]

hard way

[hard way] {n.} The harder or more punishing of two or more ways to solve a problem, do something, or learn something. - Used […]

worth a cent

[worth a cent] {adj. phr.} Worth anything; of any value. - Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * […]

Carolyn Kenmore, Mannequin: My Life as a Model

If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches.

newb

[newb] Short for "newbie"; meaning someone who is new, usually at a game.

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