(n) Catcher in the Rye (novel by J. D. Salinger)
(exp) when in Rome, do as the Romans do
(exp,v1) to put one's ideas in writing
(exp) (id) It is no use crying over spilt milk
(exp,adv) without a moment's delay
leaving everything else unattended to
(exp) (id) Don't trust a stranger
(exp) (id) When petticoats woo, breeks may come speed
(exp) based on government policy
(exp) (obsc) strike while the iron is hot
(exp) gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence)
(exp) unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head (denoting a helpless person)
(exp) not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice
(exp) not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice
(exp) well prepared means no worries (in time of need)
(exp) (id) Silence is golden
(n) (comp) computer switch
(exp) take a rest rather than useless thinking
(exp) (id) It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one
Mickle fails that fools think
(exp) (id) Ask, and it shall be given you
(exp) (id) Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth
(exp) (id) It's audible but invisible
(exp) it is certain true that ... (but)
you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
(exp) good guess
close or accurate guess
(exp) (id) Nobody knows the morrow
(exp) (id) Where there's a will, there's a way
(exp) not exactly correct, but pretty close to it
not far off the mark
(exp) have (need) only to go there
(exp) (id) Mind your own business
(exp) (id) The thief caught turn out to be one's own son
(exp) (id) The eye is blind if the mind is absent
