J. De La Bruyere

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

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Life - is the thing people are trying hard to save and least of all take care of. . www.sky-net-eye.com

hard row to hoe

[hard row to hoe] or [tough row to hoe] {n. phr.} A hard life to live; a very hard job to do. * /She has a hard row to hoe […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hold court

[hold court] {v. phr.} 1. To hold a formal meeting of a royal court or a court of law. * /Judge Stephens allowed no foolishness when he held court./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

polish off

[polish off] {v.}, {informal} 1. To defeat easily. * /The Dodgers polished off the Yankees in four straight games in the 1963 World Series./ 2. To finish completely; finish doing […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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по-барабану

[по-барабану] {adv. phr.} {informal} {colloquial} {slang} {used by youth} [po-bara`banu] Not caring abt. smt. * […]

prey on one's mind

[prey on one's mind] {v. phr.} To afflict; worry. * /He couldn't sleep because his many debts were preying on his mind./

Rudyard Kipling

(1865-1936), "The Betrothed" And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

hard-and-fast

[hard-and-fast] {adj.} Not to be broken or changed; fixed; strict. * /The teacher said that there was a hard-and-fast rule […]