JoAnn Thomas, Door Co. Wisconsin Advocate

An organized person is one who is too lazy to look for things.

No categories:

To section: T

Subscribe to: Famous expressions

Home page and general feed

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

door

[door] See: [AT DEATH'S DOOR], [AT ONE'S DOOR], [CLOSED-DOOR], [CLOSE ITS DOORS], [CLOSE THE DOOR] or [BAR THE DOOR] or [SHUT THE DOOR], [DARKEN ONE'S DOOR] or [DARKEN THE DOOR], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay at one's door

[lay at one's door] {v. phr.}, {literary} To blame (something) on a person. * /The failure of the plan was laid at his door./ Compare: [LAY TO] (1). A Dictionary of American Idioms

next door

[next door] {adv.} or {adj.} 1. In or to the next house or apartment. * /He lived next door to me./ * /She telephoned next door to ask about John./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

lay the blame at one's door

[lay the blame at one's door] {v. phr.} To say that another person or group is responsible for one's own failure. * /The angry coach laid the blame at the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

сколько лет, сколько зим!

[сколько лет, сколько зим] {interj.} Used to express a delight when you meet someone you have not seen for […]

part

[part] See: [DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR], [FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED], [FOR MY PART], [FOR ONE'S […]

pick one's teeth

[pick one's teeth] {v. phr.} To clean one's teeth with a toothpick. * /It is considered poor manners to pick one's teeth in […]

Phyllis McGinley

(1905-1978) U.S. poet Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.