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Emily Lotney

A converted cannibal is one who, on Friday, eats only fishermen.

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girl Friday

[girl Friday] {n.} A very dependable and helpful female office worker; especially a secretary. * /Miss Johnson is the manager's girl Friday./ * /There was an advertisement in the newspaper […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

eat like a bird

[eat like a bird] {v. phr.} To eat very little; have little appetite. * /Mrs. Benson is on a diet and she eats like a bird./ * /Alice's mother is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Friday

[Friday] See: [GIRL FRIDAY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Emily Dickinson

(1830-1886) U.S. poet They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. www.english-slang.com

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hand-pick

[hand-pick] {v.}, {informal} To choose very carefully. * /This debating team should win because its members are all […]

in the chips

[in the chips] {slang} or {informal} [in the money] {adj. phr.} Having plenty of money; prosperous; rich. * /After his rich […]

James Branch Cabell

(1879-1958) U.S. fantasy novelist I shall marry in haste, and repeat at leisure.

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lit up like a Christmas tree

[lit up like a Christmas tree] {adj. phr.}, {informal} To be drunk. * /On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas […]

take issue with

[take issue with] {v. phr.} To be openly against; speak against; disagree with. * /He thought his boss was wrong but was […]

Cmdr. G. H. Hatherill, British policeman, in Jane Goodsell's Not a Good Word

There are only about twenty murders a year in London, and not all are serious. Some are just husbands killing their wives.