Bill Owen

Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and waste a lifetime!

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go to waste

[go to waste] {v. phr.} To be wasted or lost; not used. * /The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them./ * /Joe's work on the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay waste

[lay waste] {v. phr.}, {literary} To cause wide and great damage to; destroy and leave in ruins; wreck. * /Enemy soldiers laid waste the land./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

waste away

[waste away] {v.} To become more thin and weak every day. * /Jane is wasting away with tuberculosis./ * /After Mrs. Barnes died, her husband wasted away with grief./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

home brew

[home brew] {n. phr.} A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. * /Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pass off

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put in one's two cents worth

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Mark Twain

(1835-1910) Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

намыливаться

[намыливаться] (куда-л.) {v. phr.} {informal} [na`myil'ivat's'ya] {literally} to soap oneself. To make […]