(n) from high to low
(exp) birth is much, but breeding is more
(exp) (id) Prevention is better than cure
(exp) the proof of the pudding is in the eating (lit: evidence is better than debate)
(n) final three bouts on the last day of a sumo tournament
(exp) better than a poke in the eye
better than none at all
(adv) of all things
(exp) Fair words fill not the belly
Food before romance
(exp) (id) It's better than nothing
(exp) better than a poke in the eye
better than none at all
(v5m) to proceed from the easy to the difficult
(exp) (id) Enter ye in at the strait gate
(exp) practice makes perfect (implying that it is better to learn from personal experience than from an instructor)
(exp) Fair words fill not the belly
Food before romance
(exp) to value honor above life
to value honour above life
(exp) he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
(exp) today of all days
(n) The older, the wiser
(exp) (id) Blood is thicker than water
(exp) very fond of
more fond of than eating
lit: more important than three meals a day
so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without
(exp) (id) Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
(exp) better small takings than a large win (lit)
expression meaning it is wiser to make money steadily over time
(English equivalent) Light gains make heavy purses
(exp) to put all one's skill (into doing something)
to do something to the best of one's ability
(exp) to put all one's skill (into doing something)
to do something to the best of one's ability
(exp) the pen is mightier than the sword
(exp) very fond of
more fond of than eating
lit: more important than three meals a day
so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without
(exp) very fond of
more fond of than eating
lit: more important than three meals a day
so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without
(exp) (id) Truth is stranger than fiction
(exp) (id) Genius displays itself even in childhood
(n) (comp) Unshielded Twisted Pair
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