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in someone's good (or bad) graces, regarded with favor (or disfavor) by someone: It is a wonder that I have managed to stay in her good graces this long. ... with bad grace, reluctantly; grudgingly: He apologized, but did so with bad grace. Also, with a bad grace.
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Also, in someone's bad books. Out of favor with someone. For example, Harry's tardiness put him in the teacher's bad graces, or Making fun of the director is bound to get you in his bad books. The use of grace in the sense of "favor" dates from the 1400s;
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◊People use the phrase (there) but for the grace of God (go I) to say that they could be in the same bad situation as someone else. ▪ I saw a homeless person on the ... ◊If you are in someone's good graces, that person likes you and has a good opinion of you. ▪ He works late to stay in his boss's good graces.
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I would likely have experienced or done the same bad thing if God had not been watching over me. (You can say this to refer to someone who has had bad luck; ... *in someone's good graces...
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A blog about books both classic and current. ... I play the same game, of comically amplifying what's already there, in varying ways throughout the book. Colonel Brandon, stiff and formal and middle-aged, becomes a stiff and formal and middle-aged man-monster. Genial Sir John becomes genial ... Around the World in Books...
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Bad grammar exists everywhere and even people whose mother tongue is English engage in it routinely, ... Frankly, I am MORE offended when someone ignores the fact that I am an English, ... If your comment doesn't show up immediately, it's probably in moderation. I will approve it as soon as I can! Thanks for your patience.
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The blog has moved to ayeletwaldman.com. Follow my Bad Mother posts there! ... I know they're busy rebuilding the country, but would it kill the court to meet again before April to decide this baby's fate? ... All in all, hypomanic is what you want to be. Hypomania is why I can do things like write three books in seven months.
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If you believe that the LDS church is what it claims to be, then you (should) know that the Lord can draw someone's attention to that material that they have on their shelf when they or someone else in their house is ready to move on it.
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It is about a dwarf--not a midget, because dwarfs do not like to be called midgets, even though there was a time when "dwarf" was the bad word, and "midget" was better. But now it's the complete opposite. Titles. Names. ... He wants a new life, a real life. By claiming to be someone he's not, by pretending to be one of...
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