Benny Hill

[over the hill] {adj.}, {informal} Past one's prime; unable to function as one used to; senile. * /Poor Mr. Jones is sure not like he used to be; well, he's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Anatole France

(1844-1924), French writercritic Chance is the pseudonym God uses when he doesn't want to sign his name. www.sky-net-eye.com

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диву даваться

[диву даваться] {v. phr.} [`divu da`vat's'ya] {literary} to wonder, to marvel. * /Nowadays swimmers are able to […]

Robert Reich [1946]

U.S. Labor Secretary There are only two kinds of people who predict the [stock] market on a day-to-day basis. Those who don't […]

clifihanger

[clifihanger] {n.}, {informal} A sports event or a movie in which the outcome is uncertain to the very end keeping the […]

on the rocks

[on the rocks] {adj. phr.} 1. {informal} Wrecked or ruined. * /Mr. Jones' business and marriage were both on the rocks./ […]