English
Idiom
get away with murder
- idiom To do something bad or illegal and not be punished.
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#:*1984:"He'd spoil the boy just as we have all spoiled him, and though he's a big strapping fellow and a soldier at that, he'd let Ned get away with murder just as I've done." — cite book|pages147|titleOn Glory's Course|authorJames Purdy|date1984|publisherViking Press|idISBN 0670524514
#:*2000:"It's because you let people get away with murder, Quill." — cite book|titleMarinade for Murder|authorClaudia Bishop|date2000|publisherBerkley|id=ISBN 0425176118
#:*1980:"Just yesterday it was fashionable to be black. Remember? Any black writer could get away with murder, just as any Jewish-American writer can get away with murder." — cite book|titleViews from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal|authorGore Vidal and Robert J. Stanton|date1980|publisherL. Stuart|idISBN 0818403020|pages245
#:*2005:"He said I found out about everything he did and said, 'I can't get away with nothing, and Jim can get away with murder.' I don't think that I let any of my kids get away with murder, and I don't think any one of them ever did much serious mischief." — cite book|titleI Have Been Blessed!: Hard Work and Happiness|authorJames M. Hill, Sr.|date2005|publisherAforesight Press|idISBN 0977485994|pages205
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