Look on the bright side - a new book may offer a ready-made excuse.

But now the woman had just presented him with what seemed like a ready-made excuse.

Five years ago Internacional had a ready-made excuse.

The ready-made excuse is that he's dealing with taboos, making fun of prejudice, not endorsing it.

A ready-made excuse and a natural protection.

And starting in a few days, Barneys will provide a ready-made excuse to stop by: its famous holiday windows will be installed.

In any case, he had a ready-made excuse to part company with Cashel, all at once and in a hurry.

For the World Cup, they have a ready-made excuse if it all goes badly wrong.

His mind was already spinning out ready-made excuses for him to drink.

Considering their economic state and the ready-made excuse for lowering salaries, the idea goes, the owners don't need an artificial salary inhibitor.