Dan Quayle

(1947--)

U.S. vice-president

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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water

[water] See: [BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER], [COME HELL OR HIGH WATER], [DEEP WATER], [FISH OUT OF WATER], [GO THROUGH HELL AND HIGH WATER], [HEAD ABOVE WATER], [HOLD WATER], [HELL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

spring a leak

[spring a leak] {v. phr.} 1. To develop a hole (said of boats) through which water can enter, threatening the boat to sink. * /When our small boat sprang a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

instead of

[instead of] or [in place of] also {formal} [in lieu of] {prep.} In the place of; in substitution for; in preference to; rather than. * /I wore mittens instead of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Lyndon B. Johnson

U.S. president If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim". www.sky-net-eye.com

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Zsa Zsa Gabor

As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.

собаку съесть

[собаку съесть] (на чем-л.) {informal} {v. phr.} {perf.} [so`baku s'est'] {literally} to eat a dog To gain […]

how do you do

[how do you do] {formal} How are you? - Usually as a reply to an introduction; it is in the form of a question but no answer […]

into line

[into line] {adv. phr.} 1. Into agreement. * /The department's spending was brought into line with the budget./ 2. Under […]