Charles Simmons

Suspect everybody, and keep your suspicions to yourself.

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Charles Churchill

(1731-1764) The laws I love; the lawyers I suspect. www.sky-net-eye.com

go out of one's way

[go out of one's way] {v. phr.} To make an extra effort; do more than usual. * /Jane went out of her way to be nice to the new girl./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

but good

[but good] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Very much so; thoroughly completely; forcefully. - Used for emphasis. * /Jack called Charles a bad name, and Charles hit him, but good./ * /Tom […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

ax to grind

[ax to grind] {n. phr.}, {informal} Something to gain for yourself: a selfish reason. * /In praising movies for classroom use he has an ax to grind; he sells motion […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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дырка от бублика

[ды́рка от бу́блика] {n. phr.} [`dyirka ot `bubl'ika] {literally} a boublik's (donut's) hole - […]

poles apart

[poles apart] {adj.} Completely different. * /The two brothers were poles apart in personality./ * / It was hard for the […]

Shirley Conran

(1932--) U.S. novelist, Superwoman, 1975. Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

give one a ring

[give one a ring] also {informal} [give a buzz] To call on the telephone. * /Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring […]