Monta Crane

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.

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God forbid

[God forbid] {interj.} May God prevent (something from happening); I hope that will not happen or is not true. * /Someone told the worried mother that her son might have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hire out

[hire out] {v.}, {informal} 1. To accept a job; take employment. * /Frank hired out as a saxophonist with a dance band./ 2. To rent (as owner). * /John used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut both ways

[cut both ways] or [cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

way

[way] See: [ALL THE WAY] or [THE WHOLE WAY], [BY THE WAY], [BY WAY OF], [COME A LONG WAY], [CUT BOTH WAYS] or [CUT TWO WAYS], [EVERY WHICH WAY], [FROM […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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лёгок на помине

[лёгок на помине] {turn of speech} [`l'iogok na po`minye] {literally} ~volatile if/while mentioned. {informal} […]

attributed to Oliver Cromwell

Put your trust in God--but keep your powder dry.

pull out of a hat

[pull out of a hat] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get as if by magic; invent; imagine. * /When the introduction to a dictionary […]

read between the lines

[read between the lines] {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer's meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some […]