“People thought I was a minah and that I would not make it but I did,” she says, using the colloquial term to describe rowdy Malay girls without drive or ambition.

Our car broke down and we didn't have any tools but Jim MacGyvered it with some toenail clippers and we were able to limp to the service station. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22to+macgyver+it%22&btnG=Search

I tell thee, Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap upon it.

He had left his swimming suit at home, but going around in his jockey shorts seemed a good substitute.