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Harry F. Banks

If at first you do succeed--try to hide your astonishment.

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come off

[come off] {v.} 1. To take place; happen. * /The picnic came off at last, after being twice postponed./ 2. {informal} To do well; succeed. * /The attempt to bring […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hide or hair

[hide or hair] or [hide nor hair] {n. phr.}, {informal} A sign or trace of someone that is gone or lost; any sign at all of something missing. Usually used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tan one's hide

[tan one's hide] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give a beating to; spank hard. * /Bob's father tanned his hide for staying out too late./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

have one's hide

[have one's hide] {v. phr.}, {informal} To punish severely. * /John's mother said she would have his hide if he was late to school again./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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If at first you do succeed--try to hide your astonishment.

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