Ray Cvikota, Chicago Tribune

(1977)

The rat race isn't so bad if you're a big cheese.

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You may have a dog that won't sit up, roll over or even cook breakfast, not because she's too stupid to learn how but because she's too smart to bother. www.sky-net-eye.com

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[whole cheese] {slang} or {informal} [whole show] {n.}, {informal} The only important person; big boss. * /Joe thought he was the whole cheese in the game because he owned the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Werner Von Braun

(1912-1977), Chicago Sun-Times (July 10, 1958) We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. www.sky-net-eye.com

hot off the press

[hot off the press] {adj. phr.} Just appeared in print. * /This is the latest edition of the Chicago Tribune; it's hot off the press./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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