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горе луковое

[горе луковое] {n. phr.} {ironical} [`gor'e `lukovoe] {literally} Onion misery (or trouble). 1. Said abt. a luckless person who involves himself or/and others into troubles (even despite good intentions). 2. […] www.sky-net-eye.com

James Gibbons Huneker

(18601921),U.S. musician, critic Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. www.sky-net-eye.com

American Idioms

American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates - "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Please, […] Dictionary of American Idioms

Bill Gates

There is virtually no application OS/2 cannot run. (1989) www.sky-net-eye.com

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pass by the board

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[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.