QUICK BOOKS
1903: A dog runs with the wolves
CALL OF THE WILD
I've heard it said to not throw the baby out with this liquid; what is the matter with you people?
THE BATHWATER
Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries
Anne Hathaway
Here's a switch... the game called Super Mario Bros
Nintendo
Enjoy this beverage in a shop house or klatch
Coffee
1949: Big Brother gets a little invasive
1984
Actors don't like good luck before shows but this 3-word alternative seems awfully painful
Break a leg
You get a role, you get a role, and she got the role of Sofia in The Color Purple
Oprah Winfrey
We write of its 4-color original pen
BIC
It's a woodwind instrument of a lower register
Bassoon
1813: Ms. Bennet confronts 2 specific things
Pride and Prejudice
Meaning to achieve a goal, there's more than one way to do this, but why bring the feline into it?
To skin a cat
The female lead in the 1976 remake of King Kong
Jessica Lange
Twinkies, which it calls The Snack Cake Golden Child
Hostess
Destitute to the point of having no cents of your surroundings
Penniless
1939: On the Joad again
The Grapes of Wrath
This idiom suggests not doing this to spite your face; why would you even consider it?!
To cut off your nose
1993's The Piano for which she won an Oscar at age 11
Anna Paquin
The stately Colorado pickup truck
Chevy (Chevrolet)
Occupationally, it's someone who fells trees
A woodcutter
1908: Oh the Rat & the Toad should be friends
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
This 2-word term for someone deemed attractive yet chaotic has origins in warm foods served in the 19th century
A hot mess
Abby in Blood Simple written by who else but the Coen brothers & directed by Joel
Frances McDormand
Get your kicks, hoop it up, and play your A game with Harden Stepback shoes
Adidas
As a verb it means to support; in architecture it's an external prop made to steady a structure
Buttress