Clemens Kirchner

Peace: a short pause between wars for enemy identification.

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[short] See: [CAUGHT SHORT], [FALL SHORT], [FOR SHORT], [IN BRIEF] or [IN SHORT], [IN SHORT ORDER], [IN SHORT SUPPLY], [MAKE SHORT WORK OF], [RUN SHORT], [SELL SHORT], [THE LONG AND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give pause

[give pause] {v. phr.} To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. * /The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give one pause

[give one pause] {v. phr.} To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. * /"Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

short of

[short of] (1) {adj. phr.} 1. Less or worse than. * /Don't do anything short of your best./ 2. Not having enough. * /We did not buy anything because we […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Zsa Zsa Gabor

To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

водить за нос

[водить за нос] {v. phr.} {informal} {literally} to pull by someone's nose. 1. To assify, fool, hoax; Make fool of […]

pause

[pause] See: [GIVE PAUSE].

poor as a church mouse

[poor as a church mouse] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were […]