Anne Lamott

U.S. writerspeaker

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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spitting image

[spitting image] {n.} or [spit and image] {informal} An exact likeness; a duplicate. * /John is the spitting image of his grandfather./ * /That vase is the spitting image of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

by turns

[by turns] {adv. phr.} First one and then another in a regular way; one substituting for or following another according to a repeated plan. * /On the drive to Chicago, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take turns

[take turns] {v. phr.} To do something one after another instead of doing it all at the same time. * /In class we should not talk all at the same […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

image

[image] See: [SPITTING IMAGE] or [SPIT AND IMAGE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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на взводе

[быть на взводе] {v.phr.} {informal} to psych (up/out), {slang} to screw. ~ be [blue in the face] To be highly […]

right-hand man

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whole cheese

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