Lee Iacocca

(1924--)

U.S. businessman

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

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give pause

[give pause] {v. phr.} To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. * /The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean

[clean] See: [COME CLEAN], [KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN], [MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF], [NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN], [TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS] also [SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

give one pause

[give one pause] {v. phr.} To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. * /"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

clean-up

[clean-up] {n.} 1. An act of removing all the dirt from a given set of objects. * /What this filthy room needs is an honest clean-up./ 2. The elimination of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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быть выше (чего-л.)

[быть выше (чего-л.)] {v. phr.} [byit' `vyishe] {literally} to be higher than sth. To be a person who (for ex., […]

John Ciardi

(1916-1986) U.S. poet The day will happen whether or not you get up.

pass by

[pass by] See: [PASS OVER].

close call

[close call] or [shave] {n. phr.} A narrow escape. * /That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the […]