Charles Wolf Jr.

U.S. economist

Those who don't study the past will repeat its errors. Those who do study it will find some other ways to err.

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quick study

[quick study] {n. phr.} One who acquires new skills and habits in record time. * /Sue is new at her job but people have confidence in her because she is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

brown study

[brown study] {n. phr.} A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. * /When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

study

[study] See: [BROWN STUDY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut both ways

[cut both ways] or [cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pick one's way

[pick one's way] {v. phr.} To go ahead carefully in difficult or unfamiliar places; advance with care. * /After nightfall we […]

Richard M. Nixon, US President

(1913-1994) I would have made a good Pope.

как от козла молока

(ждать) [как от козла молока] or [как с козла молока] {adv. phr.} {informal} [kak ot […]

charge up

[charge up] {v. phr.} 1. To submit to a flow of electricity in order to make functional. * /I mustn't forget to charge up my […]