Winston Churchill

The short words are best and the old words are best of all.

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weigh one's words

[weigh one's words] {v. phr.} To choose your words carefully; be careful to use the right words. * /When a teacher explains about religion, he must weigh his words because […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

word

[word] See: [ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS], [AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [EAT ONE'S WORDS], [FROM THE WORD "GO"], [GET A WORD IN], [GET THE MESSAGE] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

swallow one's words

[swallow one's words] 1. To speak unclearly; fail to put enough breath into your words. * /Phyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words./ 2. See: [EAT ONE'S […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in so many words

[in so many words] {adv. phr.} 1. In those exact words. * /He hinted that he thought we were foolish but did not say so in so many words./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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beat one's brains out

[beat one's brains out] or [beat one's brains] {v. phr.}, {slang} To try very hard to understand or think out something […]

short shrift

[short shrift] {n.} Little or no attention. - Usually used with "get" or "give". * /In books about jobs, women's work is […]