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Charles de Montesquieu

Laws are spider webs through which big flies pass and little ones get caught.

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Charles de Montesquieu

There is nothing more annoying than seeing how a well-said word dies in the ear of the fool to whom you said it. www.english-slang.com

pass for

[pass for] {v. phr.} To be taken for; be considered as. * /Charles speaks Arabic so fluently that he could easily pass for an Arab./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

as the crow flies

[as the crow flies] {adv. clause} By the most direct way; along a straight line between two places. * /It is seven miles to the next town as the crow […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Charles Churchill

(1731-1764) The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect. 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 […]