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a penny saved is a penny earned »    A maxim for thrift that says that money not spent may be spent later, or may earn interest in the meantime

a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »    An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.

angle for »    To try to obtain something by subtle indirect means. Political manoeuvres, suggestion, etc.

at cross-purposes »    Mutually misunderstanding each other's plans, intentions or meanings.

be on about »    Talk about; mean, intend.

beam up »    To be teleported over a long distance by means of a specific imaginary technology, specifically from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship.

beat up »    To cause by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.

behind the bit »    An equestrian term, meaning that the horse is evading the bit.

between Scylla and Charybdis »    Similar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place.

blind »    An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.

break in »    To enter by force or illicit means.

business before pleasure »    An admonishment that discharging one's obligations must take precedence over devoting time to pursuits meant solely for one's own gratification.

by all means »    Yes certainly; definitely.

by dint of »    By reason of; by means of.

by hook or by crook »    By any means possible; one way or another.

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