as soon as possible

the grass is always greener on the other side

Ellipsis of les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures.

(transitive) to reduce to its simplest form, to its simplest terms; to reduce to the bare minimum

youth isn't what it used to be! the youth are all rotten!

(figuratively) to be hasty, to get ahead of oneself

seasons don't count for anything anymore! (used to complain that seasons aren't as well-defined as they used to be)

(informal) great, that's just what we needed; that takes the cake; that's the last thing we needed

to be more Catholic than the Pope; to make more effort to defend someone's interests than they make themselves

to be more Catholic than the Pope, to go overboard, to overdo it; to be an extremist, to have extreme views