Jill Ruckelshaus

U.S. activist

No one should have to dance backwards all their lives.

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backward and forward

[backward and forward] or [backwards and forwards] {adv. phr.} To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. * /He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards./ * /He knew basketball […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall over backwards

[fall over backwards] or [fall over oneself] {v. phr.} To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. * /The hotel manager fell over backwards […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cat has nine lives

[cat has nine lives] A cat can move so fast and jump so well that he seems to escape being killed many times. * /We thought our cat would be […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

have one's head screwed on backwards

[have one's head screwed on backwards] {v. phr.} To lack common sense; behave in strange and irrational ways. * /Henry seems to have his head screwed on backwards; he thinks […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pillar of society

[pillar of society] {n. phr.} A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person […]

Psalms 109:9

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

закручивать гайки

[закручивать гайки] {v. phr.} {informal} [za`kruchivat' `gajki] {literally} to tighten up the screws. ~ […]

do the honors

[do the honors] {v. phr.} To act as host or hostess (as in introducing guests, carving, or paying other attentions to guests.) […]