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Jimmy Demaret
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-d-/aphorism-4488

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(1910--)
U.S. golfer
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.

Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest, 1886
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-r-/aphorism-4252

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God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

fall guy
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/idioms/american/i_f/2202-fall-guy

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fall guy (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/?redir=2202-fall-guy)  {n.},  {slang}
Козёл отпущения в незаконной сделке; простофиля; тот, кто принимает наказание, заслуженное другими.
When the Savings and Loan Bank failed, due to embezzlement, the vice president had to be the fall guy, saving the necks of the owners.
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By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never'
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/B_p/By-the-street-of-by-and-bye-one-arrives-at-the-house-of-Never

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По улице "Вот-вот" попадешь в дом "Никогда". Смысл: мешканьем ничего не добьешься.

Telegram-канал: Учим Английский (https://t.me/learn_eng_here)

То pull the chestnuts out of the fire for somebody
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/T_p/To-pull-the-chestnuts-out-of-the-fire-for-somebody

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Таскать (для кого-нибудь) каштаны из огня.
Ср. Чужими руками жар загребать.

Rita Rudner, American comedienne
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-r-/aphorism-2493

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Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the code...he turned himself in.

hot and bothered
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/idioms/american/i_h/3795-hot-and-bothered

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