Duncan Spaeth, Princeton professor

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark.

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brain trust

[brain trust] {n.} A group of specially trained, highly intelligent experts in a given field. * /Albert Einstein gathered a brain trust around himself at the Princeton Institute of Advanced […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in the dark

[in the dark] {adj. phr.} In ignorance; without information. * /John was in the dark about the job he was being sent to./ * /If the government controls the news, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in trust

[in trust] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In safe care for another. * /The money was held by the hank in trust for the widow./ * /At his death Mr. Brown […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

whistle in the dark

[whistle in the dark] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully with one hand, but we knew […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pace

[pace] See: [CHANGE OF PACE], [KEEP PACE], [PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES], [SNAIL'S PACE].

pound away at

[pound away at] {v. phr.} 1. To attack; criticize. * /In his campaign speeches the candidate kept pounding away at the […]

брать за сердце

[брать за сердце] {v.phr.} [brat' za `serce] {literally} to touch by the heart. To excite, to impress strongly. […]

Charles Colton

(1780-1832) English authorclergyman Men will wrangle for religion; write for it, fight for it; die for it; anything but live […]