A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.
No matter. The dead bird does not leave the nest.
I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.
They have done what they like. Their difficulty is to like what they have done.
The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.
Do you know why the nose of the bull dog is sloped backwards? So it can keep on breathing without ever letting go.