Vernon Law

U.S. baseball player

Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.

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farm out

[farm out] {v.} 1. To have another person do (something) for you; send away to be done. * /Our teacher had too many test papers to read, so she farmed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

if worst comes to worst

[if worst comes to worst] If the worst thing happens that be imagined; if the worst possible thing happens; if troubles grow worse. * /If worst comes to worst and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get the worst of

[get the worst of] also [have the worst of] {v. phr.} To lose; be defeated or beaten in; suffer most. * /Joe got the worst of the argument with Molly./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at worst

[at worst] or [at the worst] {adv. phr.} 1. Under the worst conditions; as the worst possibility. * /When Don was caught cheating in the examination he thought that at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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бешеные деньги

[бешеные деньги] или [безумные деньги] или [сумасшедшие деньги] или […]

pass by the board

[pass by the board] See: [GO BY THE BOARD].

put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

Arjay Miller, Dean of Stanford GSB

Don't do anything you wouldn't be willing to explain on television.