(exp) (id) There is nothing better than sleeping
(exp) (id) Deep water runs still
(exp) to grant a petition
(exp) to wait on someone hand and foot
to take personal care of someone
(exp) (id) Many a little makes a mickle
(exp) (id) True patience lies in bearing the unbearable
(exp) (id) No mortal escapes death
(exp) (id) Still waters run deep
(exp) to offer one's service as a matchmaker
(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) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) to be robbed of one's due
lit: to have one's fried tofu snatched by a kite
(exp) (id) What happens twice will happen thrice
(exp) (id) A born fool is never cured
(exp) (id) It is like a moth flying into the flame
(exp) to shelter oneself under one's father's influence
(exp) to make wine from grapes
(exp) (id) A big difference between what one hears and what one sees
(exp) (obsc) try though one might, it's impossible to replace one's first love
(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,v5r) (1) to lose hope
(2) to be plunged into darkness
(n) Caution is the best policy
(exp) When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off (lit: when the (fast) rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked)
(exp) (id) Pride will have a fall
(exp) at the time of writing
(exp) (comp) to run a virus scan program
(n) (comp) compiler optimization
(exp) (comp) to beta test (something)
(exp) to be heavy with tobacco smoke
