J.M. De Maistre

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make your flesh creep.

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flesh out

[flesh out] {v.}, {informal} 1. To add to; make fuller, bigger, or longer. * /The author fleshed out his story by adding more about his war experiences./ 2. also [flesh […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flesh and blood

[flesh and blood] {n.} 1. A close relative (as a father, daughter, brother); close relatives. Used in the phrase "one's own flesh and blood". * /Such an answer from her […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flesh

[flesh] See: [IN PERSON] also [IN THE FLESH], [NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL] also [NEITHER FISH], [FLESH, NOR FOWL], [PRESS THE FLESH], [THORN IN THE FLESH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

press the flesh

[press the flesh] {v.}, {slang} To shake hands with total strangers by the hundreds, keeping an artificial smile all the way, in order to raise one's popularity during political elections. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pushover

[pushover] {n.} 1. Something easy to accomplish or overcome. * /For Howard steering a boat is a pushover as he was raised on […]

put-on

[put-on] {n.} An act of teasing; the playing of a practical joke on someone. * /Eric didn't realize that it was a put-on […]

Russian proverb

Better a bad peace than a good war.

пробный шар

[пробный шар] {n. phr.} 1. [ballon d'essai], {literally} [pilot-balloon], [trial balloon]; try on; feeler. 2. see […]