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Daniel McGoorty

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

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working girl

[working girl] {n.}, {slang} 1. ({vulgar}, {avoidable}) A prostitute. * /I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl./ 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Menander

(342-291 B.C.) Privacy--you can't find it anywhere, not even if you want to hang yourself. www.english-slang.com

BTW

[BTW] (2) "Better Than Working", refers to an activity that can be done at work that is better than working. Like reading a blog or a humorous website, etc... Internet slang

Daniel L. Reardon

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. www.english-slang.com

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Kingsley Amis

(1922-1995) English author It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.

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

[put someone on] {v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on […]

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 […]