Evert Jan Ouweneel

True profundity resists true vanity.

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[come true] {v.} To really happen; change from a dream or a plan into a fact. * /It took years of planning and saving, but their seagoing vacation came true […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Evert Jan Ouweneel

Vanity in the mountains: six hairpin bends on both sides. www.sky-net-eye.com

hold true

[hold true] or [hold good] {v. phr.} To remain true. * /It has always held true that man cannot live without laws./ * /Bob is a good boy and that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

true

[true] See: [COME TRUE], [HOLD TRUE], [RUN TRUE TO FORM]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[past master] {n. phr.} An expert. * /Alan wins so often because he is a past master at chess./

play up to

[play up to] {v. phr.}. {slang} 1. To try to gain the favor of, especially for selfish reasons; act to win the approval of; […]

брать себя в руки

[брать (взять) себя в руки] {v. phr.} [brat' (vzyat') se`bya v `ruki] {literally} take oneself in hands. […]

Robert Orben

(1927--) U.S. writereditor Sometimes I get the feeling that the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not […]