Or as I mentioned earlier this week, sterling will continue to take the strain (the pound will fall) if investors become more concerned that weak and directionless government will be the consequence of the poll on 7 May.
Avoid rich, greasy, stodgy food and stimulants - this will help to take the strain off the liver.
So the private sector will need to take the strain, and the signs here are not good.
At present, the pound can depreciate if the economy becomes uncompetitive, but inside the euro area, wages will have to take the strain.
But you can never tell whether Microsoft's server network will be able to take the strain when everyone jumps online.
I just hope the beleaguered shrinks of Moscow will be able to take the strain as their new patients come pouring through the door: first the frozen children screaming for help, and after them the wise idiots of Putin's vast, chaotic espiocracy who, immersed in their own archaic fantasies, took it upon themselves to recruit, train, and twist young minds in the image of their own.
When we can sit back and let the car take the strain, what will we do during that three-hour drive to the grandparents, or the 30-minute drive to work?
Or a sharp spike upwards in the price of oil could slow world growth.It is possible, too, that companies will look elsewhere for something to take the strain, perhaps by cutting back their stock-repurchase programmes, for example.
Use a sturdy stitch and plenty of thread the straps will take all the strain of whatever you're carrying in the bag and you don't want this to unravel or break.
