[shoo away] {v. phr.} To frighten or chase away. * /When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

bet on the wrong horse

[bet on the wrong horse] {v. phr.}, {informal} To base your plans on a wrong guess about the result of something; misread the future; misjudge a coming event. * /To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put one's money on a scratched horse

[put one's money on a scratched horse] {v. phr.}, {informal} To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. * /You bet on the New York […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dark horse

[dark horse] {n.}, {informal} A political candidate little known to the general voting public; a candidate who was not expected to run. * /Every once in a while a dark […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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nose in a book

[nose in a book] {n. phr.} Busy interest in reading. - Used with a possessive. * /Mother can't get Mary to help do the […]

on one's last legs

[on one's last legs] {adj. phr.} Failing; near the end. * /The blacksmith's business is on its last legs./ * /The dog is […]

Erma Bombeck

(1927-1996) U.S. humorist Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Cobweb

[Cobweb] A WWW site that never changes.

Orson Welles

(1915 - 1985) U.S. actor My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

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American Radio

A funny sketch by Russian comedy guys (Timur Batrutdinov, Garik Kharlamov, Garik Martirosyan and Andrey Skorokhod) that shows […]

can't help but

[can't help but] {informal} also {formal} [cannot but] {v. phr.} To be forced to; can only; must. * /When the streets are […]