I only meant to buy one new dress, but I got carried away and ended up with five.

You know he really has got a screw loose in his head somewheres, an' there ain't any one but what says he's the town fool, all right.

Last year, it may be remembered, my allusions, such as they were, to the Pageant fever that obsessed the country (Pageantitis) were couched in somewhat supercilious vain.

A production never has enough time or enough money. Someone has to take up the slack.