blind date

[to date] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Up to the present time; until now. * /To date twenty students have been accepted into the school./ * /The police have not found […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of date

[out of date] {adj. phr.} Old fashioned; superseded; no longer valid; too old to be used. * /Father's suit is out of date; he needs a new one./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

double-date

[double-date] {v.}, {informal} To go on a double date; date with another couple. * /John and Nancy and Mary and Bill double-date./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

pull date

[pull date] {n.}, {informal} The date stamped on baked goods, dairy products, or other perishable foods indicating the last day on which they may be sold before they must be […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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patch up

[patch up] {v.} 1. To mend a hole or break; repair; fix. * /He patched up a couple of old tires./ * /The lovers patched up […]

press one's luck

[press one's luck] or [push one's luck] {v. phr.} To depend too much on luck; expect to continue to be lucky. * /When John […]

в ус не дуть

[в ус не дуть] {v. phr.} [v us ne dut'] {literally} do not blow through one's moustache. ~not care a straw (a […]

Phyllis McGinley

(1905-1978) U.S. poet In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.