A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands.
He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. Pastor said, “You need to join the Army of the Lord!”
My friend said, “I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor.”
Pastor questioned, “How come I don’t see you except at Christmas and Easter?”
He whispered back, “I’m in the Secret Service.”
- white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) white with a grey or yellowish tinge.
- —adv. - away; at or to a distance (drove off; 3 miles off).
- out of position; not on, touching, or attached; loose, separate, gone (has come off; take your coat off).
- so as to be rid of (sleep it off).
- so as to break continuity or continuance; discontinued, stopped (turn off the radio; take a day off; the game is off).
- not available on a menu etc. (chips are off).
- to the end; entirely; so as to be clear (clear off; finish off; pay off).
- situated as regards money, supplies, etc. (well off).
- off stage (noises off).
- (of food etc.) Beginning to decay. —prep. - a from; away, down, or up from (fell off the chair; took something off the price). B not on (off the pitch).
- a temporarily relieved of or abstaining from (off duty). B temporarily not attracted by (off his food). C not achieving (off form).
- using as a source or means of support (live off the land).
- leading from; not far from (a street off the strand).
- at a short distance to sea from (sank off cape horn). —adj. - far, further (off side of the wall).
- (of a part of a vehicle, animal, or road) right (the off front wheel).
- cricket designating the half of the field (as divided lengthways through the pitch) to which the striker's feet are pointed.
- colloq. A annoying, unfair (that's really off). B somewhat unwell (feeling a bit off). —n. - the off side in cricket.
- start of a race. off and on intermittently; now and then. Off the cuff see *cuff1. Off the peg see *peg. [var. Of *of]
A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.
