off-center

[dead center] {n.} The exact middle. * /The treasure was buried in the dead center of the island./ Often used like an adverb. * /The arrow hit the circle dead […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

off center

[off center] {adv. phr.} Not exactly in the middle. * /Mary hung the picture off center, because it was more interesting that way./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

center

[center] See: [FRONT AND CENTER], [OFF-CENTER], [SHOPPING CENTER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

shopping center

[shopping center] {n.} A place usually for neighborhood shopping, where there is a group of stores and shops inside of a large parking lot. * /There is a bowling alley […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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слон в посудной лавке

[слон в посудной лавке] {n. phr.} {literary} [slon v po`sudnoj `lavk'e] {literally} Elephant in china […]

pick up

[pick up] {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay […]

plain white wrapper

[plain white wrapper] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Unmarked police car. * /There's a plain white wrapper at […]

George Bernard Shaw

(1856-1950), "Maxims for Revolutionists" When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder […]