go to pot

[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

go to wrack and ruin

[go to wrack and ruin] {v. phr.} To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. * /The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put an end to

[put an end to] or [put a stop to] {v. phr.} 1. To make (something) end; stop; end. * /The farmer built an electric fence around his field to put […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

go to the devil

[go to the devil] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go away, mind your own business. - Used as a command; considered rude. * /George told Bob to go to the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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дырка от бублика

[ды́рка от бу́блика] {n. phr.} [`dyirka ot `bubl'ika] {literally} a boublik's (donut's) hole - […]

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790), Poor Richard (July 1795) Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Joseph Sobran

(1946--) U.S. syndicated columnist War is just another government program.

play ostrich

[play ostrich] {v. phr.} To refuse to face painful facts or unpleasant truths. * /She plays ostrich when it comes to her […]