John Burton Brimer, writer

America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas.

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jumping-off place

[jumping-off place] {n. phr.} 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. * /Columbus' sailors were afraid they would arrive at the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Christmas club

[Christmas club] {n.} A plan for putting money in the bank to be saved for Christmas shopping. * /John deposits $10 each week in the Christmas club./ * /The woman […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in love

[in love] {adj. phr.} Liking very much; loving. * /John is in love with Helen./ * /Tom and Ellen arc in love./ * /Mary is in love with her new […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

puppy love

[puppy love] also [calf love] {n.}, {informal} The first love of very young people. * /When John and Mary began going around together in junior high school, their parents said […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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