Lionel Kauffman

Children are a great comfort in your old age--and they help you reach it faster, too.

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cold comfort

[cold comfort] {n.} Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. * /When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

too close for comfort

[too close for comfort] {adj. phr.} Perilously near (said of bad things). * /When the sniper's bullet hit the road the journalist exclaimed, "Gosh, that was too close for comfort!"/ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Friedrich Nietzche

(1884-1900), German philospher The thought of suicide is a great comfort. It's helped me through many a bad night. www.sky-net-eye.com

reach for the sky

[reach for the sky] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To put your hands high above your head or be shot. - Usually used as a command. * /A holdup man walked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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смотреть как баран на новые ворота

[смотреть (уставиться) как баран на новые ворота] {v. phr.} {informal} [smot`ret' […]

pour oil on troubled waters

[pour oil on troubled waters] {v. phr.} To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. * /The troops […]

William Shakespeare

King Henry VI, pt. 2, act 4, sc. 7 Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.

have it made

[have it made] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be sure of success; have everything you need. * /With her fine grades Alice has it made […]