• arrogate
    DEFINITION: (verb) Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession. SYNONYMS: take over, usurp, seize, assume. USAGE: The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely entrusted. Discuss […]
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Edge of reason

“reach for more” no idea why it makes me think of “living on the edge”

Anyway, the idiom for today is:
lose your edge

to lose the qualities or skills that made you successful in the past.
They’re still competing, but the old team being incomplete they lost their edge.

ps. What book is mentioned inthe title of this post (& what’s the polish translation for it?)

never lower your guard

to drop/lower one’s guard – to stop being careful to avoid danger or difficulty. As soon as we started talking about angling, he dropped his guard and soon we were chatting like buddies.