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I like them to talk nonsense. That's man's one privilege over all creation. Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen.

Faith Whittlesey
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-u-/aphorism-3519

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U.S. politician
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

Margaret Turnbull, Alabaster Lamps
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-t-/aphorism-3399

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No man is responsible for his father; that is entirely his mother's affair.

Linda Ellerbee
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-e-/aphorism-2473

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U.S. journalistTV anchor
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

Since Adam was a boy
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/S_p/Since-Adam-was-a-boy

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С того времени, когда Адам был ребенком. (Т. е. с незапамятных времен.)
Ср. Со времен царя Гороха.

E.B. White
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-u-/aphorism-2476

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(1899-- 1985)
English writer
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the by-laws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

play possum
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/idioms/american/i_p/6220-play-possum

#esl #английский #неформальное #глагол

play possum (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/?redir=6220-play-possum)  {v. phr.},  {informal}
1. Претворяться спящим.
Johnny seemed to be fully asleep, but his mother knew that he was playing possum.
2. Быть тихим, неподвижным в целях самозащиты; пытаться избежать внимания при помощи пассивности.
The rabbit played possum under the bushes, hoping the hunter would not see him.
Bob played possum when the teacher looked around.
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{informal} (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/~tag/%7Binformal%7D)

{v. phr.} (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/~tag/%7Bv.+phr.%7D)

Dick Vertlieb
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-v-/aphorism-4506

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U.S. manager of Seattle Mariners, on basketball
This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.

Joe E. Louis
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-l-/aphorism-3278

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(1914—1981)
U.S. comedian
If you drink like a fish, don't drive. Swim.

Before one can say Jack Robinson
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/B_p/Before-one-can-say-Jack-Robinson

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Прежде, чем успеешь сказать "Джек Робинсон".
Ср. Не успеть и глазом моргнуть.

Brevity is the soul of wit
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/B_p/Brevity-is-the-soul-of-wit