P. Ginsparg

The problem with the global village is all the global village idiots.

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border on

[border on] {v. phr.} To be adjacent to; come close to; adjoin. * /Our village borders on the Mississippi River./ * /John's actions border on irresponsibility./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Jack Handy

If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you give a man a stick of TNT, there will be little unidentifiable fish parts all […] www.sky-net-eye.com

get up with the chickens

[get up with the chickens] or [rise with the chickens] {v. phr.} To rise very early in the morning. * /All the farmers in this village get up with the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in cold blood

[in cold blood] {adv. phr.} Without feeling or pity; in a purposely cruel way; coolly and deliberately. * /The bank robbers planned to shoot in cold blood anyone who got […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pillar of society

[pillar of society] {n. phr.} A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person […]

Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

закручивать гайки

[закручивать гайки] {v. phr.} {informal} [za`kruchivat' `gajki] {literally} to tighten up the screws. ~ […]

do the honors

[do the honors] {v. phr.} To act as host or hostess (as in introducing guests, carving, or paying other attentions to guests.) […]