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James Dunne

The quiet Irishman is about as harmless as a powder magazine built over a match factory.

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take a powder

[take a powder] {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave hurriedly; run out or away; desert, flee. * /All the gang except one had taken a powder when the police arrived./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

jerry-built

[jerry-built] {adj.} 1. Built poorly or carelessly of cheap materials; easily broken. * /That jerry-built cabin will blow apart in a strong wind./ 2. Done without careful preparation or thought; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950), "The Impossible Irish," 1907 Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him. www.english-slang.com

meet one's match

[meet one's match] {v. phr.} To encounter someone as good as oneself. * /The champion finally met his match and lost the game./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Kingsley Amis

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hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

put someone on

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Napoleon Bonaparte

You can stop while you are raising, but not when you are falling.

many hands make light work

[many hands make light work] If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. - A proverb. * /Come on boys, […]

up and at them

[up and at them] 1. {adv. phr.} Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat. * /"You want to know whether he will make a […]