Unhappiness

  • 131dog's life — {n. phr.} A life of misery, poverty, and unhappiness. * /Diogenes, the Greek philosopher, lived a dog s life inside an empty barrel./ …

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  • 132get to the heart of — {v. phr.} To find the most important facts about or the central meaning of; understand the most important thing about. * /You can often get to the heart of people s unhappiness by letting them talk./ * / If you can find a topic sentence, often it …

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