Russ James rjames@thegrid.net

Life does not begin at conception, but when the kids leave home and the dog dies.

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go for

[go for] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To try to get; aim for; try for. * /Our team is going for the championship in the game tonight./ * /The dog went […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

life

[life] See: [BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH], [BIG AS LIFE], [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [CHARMED LIFE], [COME ALIVE OT COME TO LIFE], [FACTS OF LIFE], [FOR DEAR LIFE], [FOR THE LIFE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

leave off

[leave off] {v.} To come or put to an end; stop. * /There is a high fence where the school yard leaves off and the woods begin./ * /Don told […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Dave Barry

Bad Habits, 1982 Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. By this definition, the amoeba, the mango, the frog, the squirrel, the bear, the begonia, and many […] www.sky-net-eye.com

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play a part in

[play a part in] {v. phr.} To be instrumental in; have a role in; be concerned with. * /Some First Ladies play a greater […]

prey on

[prey on] or [prey upon] {v.} 1. To habitually kill and eat; catch for food. * /Cats prey on mice./ 2. To capture or take […]

J. De La Bruyere

No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony […]

умывать руки

[умывать руки] {v. phr.} {literary} [umy`vat' `ruki] {literally} to wash one's hands. To divest oneself of any […]