The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Verwandte Phrasen

• The train was on its way/en route from Cologne to Basel when a fire broke out in the lavatory
• It's the only solution I can think of.
• The line’s gone dead
• in the wink of an eye
• the long arm of the law
• The tongue is sharper than any sword
• The noise is hard to bear.
• on the move