Bette-Jane Raphael

Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: the chances are he will not use it wisely.

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P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--) U.S. humorist Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. www.sky-net-eye.com

boss one around

[boss one around] {v. phr.} To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. * /"If you keep bossing me around, darling," Tom said to Jane, "the days of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give-and-take

[give-and-take] {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Marilyn Von Savant

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent." www.sky-net-eye.com

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P.J. O'Rourke

(1947--), Modern Manners People shouldn't be treated like objects. They aren't that valuable.

сесть в лужу

[сесть в лужу] или [сесть в галошу] {v. phr.} {informal} {perf.} to get oneself into a mess / fix; to […]

mop up

[mop up] {v. phr.} To disperse or liquidate isolated groups or detachments of opposing forces. * /Our forces won the basic […]

up against

[up against] {prep. phr.} Blocked or threatened by. * /When she applied to medical school, the black woman wondered whether […]