Thomas F. Jones

(1916—1981), president of the University of South Carolina, in Wall Street Journal, 1975.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.

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as follows

[as follows] A list of things that come next; what is listed next. - Followed by a colon. * /My grocery list is as follows: bread, butter, meat, eggs, sugar./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

wall

[wall] See: [BACK TO THE WALL], [BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL], [CLIMB THE WALL], [FORWARD WALL], [HANDWRITING ON THE WALL], [HOLE-IN-THE-WALL], [STONE WALL] or [BRICK WALL], [TO THE WALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

through street

[through street] {n.} 1. A street on which cars can move without stopping at intersections, but cars on streets crossing it have to stop at the intersection. * /You have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make friends

[make friends] {v. phr.} To become friends; form a friendship. * /Mrs. Jones invited Bobby to her home to play with Don. She hoped that they would make friends with […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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have the last laugh

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