the game is not worth the candle
21candle */*/ — UK [ˈkænd(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms candle : singular candle plural candles a stick of wax with a string in it called a wick that you burn to give light • the game is/it is not worth the candle British old fashioned something is not… …
22game — l.Plan. Intention. ♠ What s his little game? 2. on the game Involved in any (usu. dubious) undertaking, esp. prostitution. 3. See give the game away. 4. game not worth the candle Risk not worth taking. Worthless undertaking …
23Culture of the United Kingdom — The Proms is an eight week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts, on the last night with some traditional patriotic music of the United Kingdom.[1][2] …
24From a Basement on the Hill — Studio album by Elliott Smith Released …
25игра не стоит свеч — Затрачиваемые усилия не оправдывают себя. Имеется в виду, что результат не превосходит средства, израсходованные для того, чтобы его добиться. Говорится с неодобрением. ✦ Игра не стоит свеч. Игра, как говорится, не стоит свеч, господин полковник …
26Marx Brothers — The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act, originally from New York City, that enjoyed success in Vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early 1900s to around 1950. Five of Marx Brothers’ thirteen feature films were… …
27History of Virginia — The recorded History of Virginia began with settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States thousands of years ago by Native Americans. Permanent European settlement did not occur until the… …
28literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
29Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (season 1) — Mighty Morphin Power Rangers season 1 Country of origin  United States No. of episodes 60 …
30Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
