J. De La Bruyere

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.

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hit-or-miss

[hit-or-miss] also [hit-and-miss] {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit-or-miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit-or-miss fashion./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hit or miss

[hit or miss] also [hit and miss] {adv.} In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. * /George didn't know which house on the street was Jane's, so he began […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give-and-take

[give-and-take] {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

letter-perfect

[letter-perfect] {adj. phr.} Memorized perfectly; perfect to the last letter. * /The actor was letter-perfect in his role./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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