(1867-1957), Italian conductor I had my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I have never had time for tobacco since. www.english-slang.com

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caught short

[caught short] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not having enough of something when you need it. * /Mrs. Ford was caught short when […]

moving spirit

[moving spirit] {n. phr.} The main figure behind a business or an activity; the one who inspires the others. * /Mr. Smith is […]

Albert Einstein

Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of […]

know something inside out

[know something inside out] {v. phr.} To be extremely well conversant with something; be an expert in; have thorough knowledge […]

Erma Bombeck

(1927-1996) U.S. humorist Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

go over one's head

[go over one's head] {v. phr.} 1. To be too difficult to understand. * /Penny complains that what her math teacher says […]

live in a fools paradise

[live in a fool's paradise] {v. phr.} To deceive oneself; tell oneself unreal stories. * /His information is based on a lot […]