Sydney Smith

(1771—1845)

English clergymanwriter

Soup and fish explain half the emotions of life.

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Sydney Smith

(1771-1845) English clergymanwriter I am not fond of expecting catastrophes, but there are cracks in the universe. www.sky-net-eye.com

Sydney Smith

(1771-1845) English clergymanwriter It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding. www.sky-net-eye.com

Sydney Smith

(1771-1845) English clergymanwriter Lord Dudley was one of the most absent men I think I ever met in society. One day he met me in the street, and invited me […] www.sky-net-eye.com

Sydney Smith

(1771-1845) English clergymanwriter In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. www.sky-net-eye.com

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с бухты-барахты

[с бухты-барахты] {adv. phr.} {colloquial} {slang} [s `buhtyi-ba`rahtyi] Offhand; off the cuff; suddenly; […]

pitch

[pitch] See: [WILD PITCH].

Margaret Brucker, Reader's Digest

(April 1976) Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we drop a bunch of clothes hangers.

close at hand

[close at hand] {adj. phr.} Handy; close by; within one's range. * /My calendar isn't close at hand, so I can't tell you […]