Five Wonderful Phrases That I Resolve to Use More Frequently in Conversation
- soup to nuts
- by hook or by crook
- ass-over-teakettle
- dollars to doughnuts
- tits up
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You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.
some of my personal favorites:
redonkulous
“off like a prom dress”
“I wouldn’t kick her out of bed for eating crackers”