left-handed

[left field] {n.} 1. The part of a baseball out-field to the batter's left. * /Right-handed batters usually hit to left field./ Compare: [CENTER FIELD], [RIGHT FIELD]. 2. See: [OUT […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

left-handed compliment

[left-handed compliment] An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. * /I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that a wig you're wearing?/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

b) Are you left- or right-handed?

Next step is to determine if you are left- or right-handed And that is why: for right-handed persons it is more natural to move from left to right - the […] by Vatel

heavy-handed

[heavy-handed] {adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy. * /George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball./ * /My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed./ * /Tim […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)

English mathematicianphilosopher If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same […]

Brander Matthew

(1852-1956) A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

намыливаться

[намыливаться] (куда-л.) {v. phr.} {informal} [na`myil'ivat's'ya] {literally} to soap oneself. To make […]

dead ahead

[dead ahead] {adv.}, {informal} Exactly in front; before. * /The school is dead ahead about two miles from here./ * /Father […]