[canned heat] {n.} Chemicals in a can which burn with a hot, smokeless flame. * /Some people use canned heat to keep food warm./ * /The mountain climbers used canned […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

throw up

[throw up] {v.} 1. {informal} or {slang} [heave up]. To vomit. * /The heat made him feel sick and he thought he would throw up./ * /He took the medicine […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all in

[all in] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very tired; exhausted. * /The players were all in after their first afternoon of practice./ Syn.: [PLAYED OUT], [WORN OUT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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 […]