Franklin P. Jones

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you recognize a mistake when you make it again.

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gloss over

[gloss over] {v.} To try to make what is wrong or bad seem right or not important; try to make a thing look easy; pretend about; hide. * /Billy broke […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bend over backward

[bend over backward] or [lean over backward] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tell a thing or two

[tell a thing or two] {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell in plain or angry words; scold. * /When John complained about the hard work, his father told him a thing […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make do

[make do] {v. phr.} To use a poor substitute when one does not have the right thing. * /John did not have a hammer, and he had to make do […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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in order to

[in order to] or [so as to] {conj.} For the purpose of; to. - Used with an infinitive. * /In order to follow the buffalo, […]

nervous prostration

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Yiddish curse

Leeches should drink him dry.