Mary Pettibone Poole

"He who laughs, lasts."

See as well

[he laughs best who laughs last] A person should go ahead with what he is doing and not worry when others laugh at him. When he succeeds he will enjoy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

for laughs

[for laughs] {adv. phr.} For pleasure; for fun; as a joke. * /The college boys climbed up into the girls' dorms and stole some of their dresses just for laughs, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bundle of laughs

[bundle of laughs] {n. phr.} A very amusing person, thing, or event. * /Uncle Lester tells so many jokes that he is a bundle of laughs./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

best

[best] See: [AS BEST ONE CAN], [AT BEST], [FOR THE BEST], [GET THE BETTER OF] or [GET THE BEST OF], [HAD BETTER] or [HAD BEST], [HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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public enemy

[public enemy] {n. phr.} A famous criminal. * /Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition./

put that in your pipe and smoke it

[put that in your pipe and smoke it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand something told you; accept something as fact or […]

Calvin Coolidge, quoted by Stanley Waler in City Editor, page 131

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

пробный шар

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