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Misers are no fun to live with, but they make great ancestors.

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make away with

[make away with] {v.}, {informal} Take; carry away; cause to disappear. * /The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes./ * /Two masked men held up the clerk […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

live and let live

[live and let live] To live in the way you prefer and let others live as they wish without being bothered by you. * /Father scolds Mother because she wears […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

live up to

[live up to] {v.} To act according to; come up to; agree with; follow. * /So far as he could, John had always tried to live up to the example […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

great Godfrey

[great Godfrey] or [great guns] or [great Scott] {interj.}, {informal} A saying usually used to show surprise or anger. * /Great Godfrey! Uncle Willie is sitting on top of the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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как без рук

[как без рук] {adv. phr.} [kak bez `ruk] {literary} like whithout hands {colloquial} almost helpless, not capable […]

Jill Ruckelshaus

U.S. activist No one should have to dance backwards all their lives.

out of the red

[out of the red] {adv. phr.} Having reached solvency; no longer in debt. * /Under the new management, our company finally […]

pass by the board

[pass by the board] See: [GO BY THE BOARD].