Erich Heller

U.S. literary critic

Be careful how you interpret the world; it is like that.

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[world] See: [COME UP IN THE WORLD] or [RISE IN THE WORLD], [DEAD TO THE WORLD], [FOR ALL THE WORLD], [IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN] or [IN A WORLD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

world without end

[world without end] {adv. phr.}, {literary} Endlessly; forever; eternally. * /Each human being has to die, but mankind goes on world without end./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch-22

[catch-22] {n.}, {informal} From Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", set in World War II. 1. A regulation or situation that is self-contradictory or that conflicts with another regulation. In Heller's book […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Kenneth Tynan, British theatre critic

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. www.sky-net-eye.com

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бешеные деньги

[бешеные деньги] или [безумные деньги] или [сумасшедшие деньги] или […]

pass by the board

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

put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

Arjay Miller, Dean of Stanford GSB

Don't do anything you wouldn't be willing to explain on television.