[go to waste] {v. phr.} To be wasted or lost; not used. * /The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them./ * /Joe's work on the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

waste one's breath

[waste one's breath] {v. phr.} To speak or to argue with no result; do nothing by talking. * /The teacher saw that she was wasting her breath; the children refused […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay waste

[lay waste] {v. phr.}, {literary} To cause wide and great damage to; destroy and leave in ruins; wreck. * /Enemy soldiers laid waste the land./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Bill Owen

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chum around with

[chum around with] {v. phr.} 1. To be close friends with someone. * /They have been chumming around with one another for […]

sign one's own death warrant

[sign one's own death warrant] {v. phr.} To cause your own death or the loss of something you want very much. * /Mr. Carter […]

Albert Einstein

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

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Edward Burlingame

I love cats. I even think we have one at home.

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nonce

[nonce] {n.} Sex offender, most commonly a child molester. (Prison slang)