(exp) to flare up
(exp) to have one's own field of work
(exp) to bear the brunt of an attack
(exp) to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.
to interrupt
(adj-i) too ashamed to meet
lit: to have no face to meet
(exp) to be anxious about the future of one's country
(exp) to be in coma
to be sound asleep
(exp) to be in coma
to be sound asleep
(exp) to call for somebody's participation
(exp) to call for somebody's participation
(exp) to turn out just as one wished
to play into the hands (of)
(exp) one's fingers are caught in a door
(exp) to weight a line
(v1) to get flunked in an examination
(v1) to get close to the time
(v1) to get close to the time
(exp) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
(exp) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
(n) one's natural dignity
(n) freelance journalist
(exp) far from being disappointed
(exp) moveable
removeable
demountable
(exp) (obsc) people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season)
it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of
(exp) the nail that sticks out gets hammered in
the best policy is to keep your head down
(exp) the nail which sticks out gets hammered down (used to encourage conformity)
(exp) (uk) (something) has become possible
(something) is now possible
(exp) (id) Don't forget your first resolution
(exp) (of a woman) to be slender and smartly shaped
(n) tendency to be content with small successes
(exp) to tile a floor
