ork your ass off" is a crude but widely used way of saying that you have worked very seriously, often over a long period of time. Mowing lawns in the dark so you wouldn’t have to be stoking furnaces, and you could bear down on the books. "To mow lawns" is to cut grass with a lawn mower, which is a machine that is found in the homes of all American suburbs. "To stoke a furnace" is to feed the fire within the furnace, which is a type of home heater. "To bear down on the books" is to study seriously. Not fancy things, a decent coat. A lousy coat. "Decent" is a good adjective meaning acceptable or of fairly good quality. "Lousy" means of poor condition, but as in this case, is used to mean unimportant or simple. You and my husband, you might as well be blind men. A grammatically interesting way of saying "You behave as if you were blind men." They forget what true passion is. An important word meaning a deep and strong emotion, often related to love, sex and even anger. I don’t care what your mother says; Maybe she’s gone haywire too. "Haywire" is a dated word that means violently crazy or insane. This is between you and me. :: That’s exactly where it’s at! "You are exactly right." I owe you nothing, if you carried that bag a million miles. You did what you were supposed do because you brought me into this world. John’s philosophy of the responsibilities of being a parent. And not unit your whole generation has lain down and died will the dead weight of you be off our backs. Note the use of the present perfect of the verb "to lay down." In reality, few people say "lain down," since they prefer laid down. You’ve got to talk John’s parents into flying over with you. "To talk someone into" doing something is to try and convince them to do it. Isn’t this thrilling? A good little word that means very exciting. There are a hundred cliché phrases of comfort for every human condition. A "cliché" is a an expression that is repeated so often that everyone knows it, such as "If you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything." In the midst of this heartbreaking distress, I’m completely stumped. To be "in the midst of" something is to be in the middle of it, or completely surrounded by it. "Distress" is great pain or suffering. If you are "stumped," you are confused, baffled, or unable to find a solution to a difficult problem. I’ll be a son-of-a-bitch. A curious expression that people will say when they suddenly realize the answer to a difficult problem. A "son-of-a-bitch" is crude term for a mean, cruel or abusive person. You didn’t have the guts to tell me face to face. "The guts" is a common slang term for courage (as well as the medical term for intestines, found in the human stomach). Joanna, you know I’m completel
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