write for the drawer
idiomTo write a work for posterity or for friends that one cannot publish except as samizdat.
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top drawer
Of the highest quality.
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write checks one can't cash
To make promises one cannot keep, or to make boasts that are not true.
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write one's own ticket
To be empowered to choose whichever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.
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write oneself into a corner
To reach a narrative point in which the story one is writing gets stuck, leaving no good or satisfactory alternative or resolution.
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write the book
To be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.