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S. J. Perelman

(--1979)

U.S. screenwriter

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin--it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.

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dying to

[dying to] {adj. phr.} Having a great desire to; being extremely eager to. * /Seymour is dying to date Mathilda, but she keeps refusing him./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

love

[love] See: [FOR LOVE OR MONEY], [IN LOVE], [LABOR OF LOVE], [MAKE LOVE], [NO LOVE LOST], [PUPPY LOVE] also [CALF LOVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in love

[in love] {adj. phr.} Liking very much; loving. * /John is in love with Helen./ * /Tom and Ellen arc in love./ * /Mary is in love with her new […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make love

[make love] {v. phr.} 1. To be warm, loving, and tender toward someone of the opposite sex; try to get him or her to love you too. * /There was […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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

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