[go up in smoke] or [go up in flames] {v. phr.} 1. To burn; be destroyed by fire. * /The house went up in flames./ * /The barn full of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

smoke

[smoke] See: [CHAIN-SMOKE], [GO UP IN FLAMES] or [GO UP IN SMOKE], [PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT], [WATCH ONE'S DUST] or [WATCH ONE'S SMOKE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

put that in your pipe and smoke it

[put that in your pipe and smoke it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it. - Usually used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

smoke-out

[smoke-out] {n.} A successful conclusion of an act of investigative journalism revealing some long-kept secrets. * /Journalist Bob Woodward was the hero of the Watergate smoke-out./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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 […]

P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory […]

wear thin

[wear thin] {v.} 1. To become thin from use, wearing, or the passing of time. * /My old pair of pants has worn thin at the […]