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The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

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within reason

[within reason] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Within the limits of good sense; in reasonable control or check; moderate. * /I want you to have a good time tonight, within reason./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

reason

[reason] See: [IN REASON], [LISTEN TO REASON], [RHYME OR REASON], [STAND TO REASON], [WITHIN REASON]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

rhyme or reason

[rhyme or reason] {n. phr.} A good plan or reason; a reasonable purpose or explanation. - Used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences. * /Don could see no rhyme or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stand to reason

[stand to reason] {v. phr.} To seem very likely from the known facts. * /If you have a driver's license, it stands to reason you can drive./ * /Joe is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Andy Rooney

(1919--) U.S. broadcaster Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it.

do to death

[do to death] {v. phr.} To overdo; do something so often that it becomes extremely boring or tiresome. * /The typical car […]

have a care

[have a care] {v. phr.}, {formal} To be careful what you do. * /Jane, have a care what you're doing with that valuable […]

Elayne Boosler

U.S. comedienne I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

head

[head] {n.} 1. Lavatory (nautical slang) 2. Drug user. Sometimes preceded by the preferred drug, for example: Smackhead, […]

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left-handed compliment

[left-handed compliment] An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. * /I didn't know you could look so […]

take the fifth

[take the fifth] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Taking refuge behind the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States […]