howling success

[nothing succeeds like success] Success in one thing makes success in other things easier; people like a successful person. - A proverb. * /The girls all like Bob because he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Success formula

If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. by Einstein Albert

upset the applecart

[upset the applecart] or [upset one's applecart] {v. phr.}, {informal} To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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по-барабану

[по-барабану] {adv. phr.} {informal} {colloquial} {slang} {used by youth} [po-bara`banu] Not caring abt. smt. * […]

in order to

[in order to] or [so as to] {conj.} For the purpose of; to. - Used with an infinitive. * /In order to follow the buffalo, […]

nervous prostration

[nervous prostration] {n.} An illness of the mind that makes you feel very tired, worried, and bored, and that often causes […]

Yiddish curse

Leeches should drink him dry.