Christmas card

[brown paper bag] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} An unmarked police car. * /The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Smokey Bear

[Smokey Bear] or [Smokey-the-Bear] or [the Smokies] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} A policeman; a patrol car; frequently abbreviated as Smokey. * /Slow down, Smokey's ahead!/ * /A Smokey […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

have one's ears on

[have one's ears on] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} To have one's CB radio in receiving condition. * /Good buddy in the eighteen wheeler southbound, got your ears […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

beaver

[beaver] {n.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}, {citizen's band radio jargon} A female, especially one driving along the highway and operating a CB radio. * /I didn't know there was a beaver […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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береженого Бог бережет

[береженого Бог бережет] {proverb} [bere`jonogo bog bere`jot] {lirerally} The one who protects himself […]

pound of flesh

[pound of flesh] {n. phr.}, {literary} The maximum payment authorized by law. * /He had hoped that Peter would be lenient […]

Will Rogers, The Best of Will Rogers, compiled by Bryan B. Sterling

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing--and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

en masse

[en masse] {adv. phr.} As a group; in one big mass or group. - Used after the word it modifies. * /The school turned out en […]