James Wesley Jackson

Two rights don't make a wrong, but three will get you back on the freeway.

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get one's back up

[get one's back up] {v. phr.}, {informal} To become or make angry or stubborn. * /Fred got his back up when I said he was wrong./ * /Our criticisms of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

dead to rights

[dead to rights] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without a chance of escaping blame; proven wrong. * /Mother had Bob dead to rights, because she caught him with his hand in the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

talk back

[talk back] also [answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

back

[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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жить как на вулкане

[жить как на вулкане] {v. phr.} [zhit' kak na vul`kane] {literally} To live as on a volcano. To be in […]

Billy Crystal

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hell and high water

[hell and high water] {n. phr.} Troubles or difficulties of any kind. * /After John's father died he went through hell and […]

out of the running

[out of the running] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Having no chance to win; not among the real contenders; not among those to be […]