(exp) when in Rome, do as the Romans do
(exp) expression meaning to fail one step short of great success
to fall at the last hurdle
(exp) (id) A wise man keeps away from danger
(exp) (1) no matter what you attempt, tragedy may befall you (lit: even a dog, if it walks, will bump into a pole)
(2) good luck may come unexpectedly
(exp) to give money to a beggar
(exp) (id) A honey tongue, a heart of gall
(exp,v1) to put one's ideas in writing
(adv) making it even
for fair play
(n) (comp) recursively defined sequence
(exp) (arch) never judge a book by its cover (lit: a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high)
(exp) The parent is the best judge of the child
(exp) to be betrayed by a trusted follower
(exp) to be betrayed by a trusted follower
(exp) (id) he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith
one rotten apple spoils the barrel
(exp) too lazy to do anything
(exp) (id) Deep water runs still
(exp) good manners even between friends
(exp) (id) A hedge between keeps friendships
(exp) good manners even between friends
(exp) (id) Water seeks its own level
(exp) (id) Still waters run deep
(exp) (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
(n,vs) (obsc) unification-based formalisms
(exp,vs-i) (obsc) to love one's child too much for their own good (lit: to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun)
(exp) (obsc) strike while the iron is hot
(exp,v5k) to spit into the wind
in trying to cause harm to another, one invites disaster upon onelself
(exp) gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence)
(exp) (id) That will do neither harm nor good
(exp) to be robbed of one's due
lit: to have one's fried tofu snatched by a kite
(exp) (id) A born fool is never cured
