(exp) (id) The fish that got away is always bigger
(exp) If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?
(exp) walls have ears (lit: wall have ears, shoji have eyes)
(exp) (id) No news is good news
(exp) thank you for your continued patronage
(exp) (id) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
(exp) that may be true
that might be the case
(exp) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy (lit)
the biter bit
the one who bites get bitten instead
(exp) (id) A neighbour is better than a relative living far
(n) (comp) interrupt service routine
(exp) being held in suspense
being on edge
(n) (comp) Optical Mark Reader
OMR
(n) (comp) magnetic ink character reader
(exp) (id) When one door is shut, another is open
The world is as kind as it is cruel
(exp) to make a leap into the dark
to take the plunge
to jump in at the deep end
(exp) (id) Big head, little wit
(n) (comp) read-write cycle time
(exp) (id) Cut your coat according to your cloth
(exp) consider your income before spending
(n) integrated receiver-decoder
IRD
(exp) hate everything about a person
(exp) thank you for your continued patronage
(exp) if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears (lit: the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass)
(exp) (id) Small head but great wit
(n) (comp) Magnetic Ink Character Reader (or Recognition)
MICR
(exp) (arch) Youthful years pass quickly before one accomplishes much learning
(exp) Although blue dye comes from the indigo plant, it is bluer than indigo
The student has overcome the master (from whom he has learned)
(n) (comp) read-only file system
(exp) (id) Mind your own business
(exp) If you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.