G. Wodehouse
G. Wodehouse
food arms hips
She fitted into my biggest arm-chair as if it had been built round her by someone who knew they were wearing arm-chairs tight about the hips that season
missing ears able
The exquisite code of politeness of the Woosters prevented me clipping her one on the ear-hole, but I would have given a shilling to be able to do it. There seemed to me something deliberately fat-headed in the way she persisted in missing the gist.
party guy leaving
You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift.
normal lambs strikes
In his normal state he would not strike a lamb. I’ve known him to do it’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Not strike lambs
misunderstanding
Hugo?’ ‘Millicent?’ ‘Is that you?’ ‘Yes. Is that you?’ ‘Yes.’ Anything in the nature of misunderstanding was cleared away. It was both of them.
lobster looks
He looks much more like a lobster than most lobsters do.
two want different
What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very different things.
laughing sake serious
I laughed derisively. "For goodness' sake, don't start gargling now. This is serious." "I was laughing." "Oh, were you? Well, I'm glad to see you taking it in this merry spirit." "Derisively," I explained.
sober motto
Sober or blotto, this is your motto: keep muddling through.
girl humorous mean
You know how it is with some girls. They seem to take the stuffing right out of you. I mean to say, there is something about their personality that paralyses the vocal cords and reduces the contents of the brain to cauliflower.
dog looks nasty
It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.
remember poet said
We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.
mean weekend criminals
I mean, imagine how some unfortunate Master Criminal would feel, on coming down to do a murder at the old Grange, if he found that not only was Sherlock Holmes putting in the weekend there, but Hercule Poirot, as well." ~ Bertram "Bertie" Wooster
happy-marriage foundation spirit
To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling.