Shelley Winters

(1920--)

U.S. actress

I'm not overweight. I'm just nine inches too short.

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Shelley Winters

(1920--) U.S. actress Where do you go to get anorexia? www.sky-net-eye.com

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(1920--), US movie actress We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. www.sky-net-eye.com

by inches

[by inches] {adv. phr.} By small or slow degrees; little by little; gradually. * /The river was rising by inches./ * /They got a heavy wooden beam under the barn […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall short

[fall short] {v.} To fail to reach (some aim); not succeed. * /His jump fell three inches short of the world record./ * /The movie fell short of expectations./ Contrast: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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