(exp) to get a phone call
(exp) by dint of their help
(exp) no good
all pain, no gain
do no good and a lot of harm
completely a disadvantage (lit: great damage with no advantage)
(exp) to speak for one's father
(exp) (obs) to ask for the impossible
(exp) to ask for fish from a tree (Mencius)
(exp) as always
the same as it always is
(exp) (id) Excessive tenderness switches to hundredfold hatred
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) when in Rome, do as the Romans do
(exp) (id) He that has no child knows not what love is
(exp) (obs) You must keep up your guard even after a victory
(exp) to offer one's service as a matchmaker
(exp,v5k) to spit into the wind
in trying to cause harm to another, one invites disaster upon onelself
(exp) (pol) please come (and visit us)
please come (to our shop)
(exp) it is no exaggeration to say
it is not too much to say
(exp) it is no exaggeration to say
it is not too much to say
(exp) to be heavy with tobacco smoke
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) (id) Union is strength
(exp) to know (something) like the palm of one's hand
(exp,v1) to sound out a person's thoughts
(exp) (id) An army marches on its stomach
(exp,v1) to try another dictionary
(exp) to be greedy
(exp) it is certain true that ... (but)
you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
(exp) (uk) unable to contain oneself
itching to do something
cannot sit still
(exp) (uk) unable to contain oneself
itching to do something
cannot sit still
