Christopher Morley

(1890-1957) U.S. editorwriter By the time the youngest children have learned to keep the house tidy, the oldest grandchildren are on hand to tear it to pieces. www.sky-net-eye.com

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дырка от бублика

[ды́рка от бу́блика] {n. phr.} [`dyirka ot `bubl'ika] {literally} a boublik's (donut's) hole - […]

poles apart

[poles apart] {adj.} Completely different. * /The two brothers were poles apart in personality./ * / It was hard for the […]

Shirley Conran

(1932--) U.S. novelist, Superwoman, 1975. Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

give one a ring

[give one a ring] also {informal} [give a buzz] To call on the telephone. * /Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring […]