(exp) to draw water off a river
(exp) to step out of the bath
(exp) to awake from one's sleep
(v1) to "see stars" (i.e. after being hit in the head)
(exp) to expel (a person) from an important position
(exp) for historical reasons
(adj-na) self-evident
(n) glossy black (hair) (lit: color of a crow with wet feathers)
(exp) suddenly (appears) out of nowhere
(exp) to want something desperately
to want something (so badly one can taste it)
(exp) from the best to the worst
all sorts of
full range
(exp) being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle
(exp) dignified without being overbearing
(exp) even monkeys fall from trees
anyone can make a mistake
pride comes before a fall
even Homer sometimes nods
(exp,v5m) to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
(exp) after school
(exp) neither near nor far
(exp) (id) Make hay while the sun shines
(adv) (obsc) (followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not)
(not) at all
(exp) (id) Don't forget your first resolution
(exp) to choose among many things
(exp) (comp) to dequeue
(exp) very shrewd
highly intelligent
very smart
(exp) to see the light
to be awakened to the truth
to have the scales fall from one's eyes
(exp,adj-f) revelatory
(exp) from the cradle to the grave
(exp) for whatever reason
(exp) for various reasons
(exp) after that (a substantive change occurred)
(exp) from a foreigners point of view