Bette-Jane Raphael

Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: the chances are he will not use it wisely.

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P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. www.sky-net-eye.com

boss one around

[boss one around] {v. phr.} To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. * /"If you keep bossing me around, darling," Tom said to Jane, "the days of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give-and-take

[give-and-take] {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Marilyn Von Savant

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent." www.sky-net-eye.com

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убивать время

[убивать время] [u`b'ivat' `vr'em'ya] ~to kill (the) time. To do smth. of no great importance to make the time […]

Victor Hugo

(1802-1885), French novelist To dream is happiness; to wake is life.

hole-in-the-wall

[hole-in-the-wall] {n. phr.} A small place to live, stay in, or work in; a small, hidden, or inferior place. * /The jewelry […]

open secret

[open secret] {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. * /It is an open secret that Mary and […]