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Guy Bellamy

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Life is a sexually-transmitted disease.

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[life] See: [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [BIG AS LIFE], [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [CHARMED LIFE], [COME ALIVE OT COME TO LIFE], [FACTS OF LIFE], [FOR DEAR LIFE], [FOR THE LIFE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Pierre Abelard

(1079-1142), French dialectician Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease. www.english-slang.com

down with a disease

[down with a disease] {adj. phr.} Ill or sick. * /Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut off

[cut off] {v.} 1. To separate or block. * /The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of the world./ * /The woods cut off the view./ * /His […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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public-address system

[public-address system] {n.} A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. * […]

think nothing of it

[think nothing of it] {v. phr.}, {informal} Used as a courteous phrase in replying to thanks. * /"Thank you very much for […]

John Collier

I've steered clear of God. He was an incredible sadist.

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lose out

[lose out] {v.} To fail to win; miss first place in a contest; lose to a rival. * /John lost out in the rivalry for Mary's […]

make off

[make off] {v.} To go away; run away; leave. * /When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once./ * /A thief stopped John […]

Alfred Hitchcock

(1899-1980) U.S. film-maker There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.

break a leg

[break a leg] {v. phr.} Is said to actors for good luck before they go on stage, especially on an opening nights. One of the […]