(exp) (id) A good beginning makes a good ending
(exp) (id) All is well that ends well
(exp) (id) A mother is stronger than any other creature
(exp) (id) Losers are always in the wrong
(exp) (id) Even Homer sometimes nods
(exp) (id) People will talk
(exp) (id) It's audible but invisible
(exp) (obsc) there are exceptions to every rule (lit: rocks will flow and leaves will sink)
(exp) (obsc) take care of the river and it becomes beautiful
(exp) to be suspected without cause
(exp) to be robbed of one's due
lit: to have one's fried tofu snatched by a kite
(exp) (id) Red sky at night, shepherd's delight Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
(exp) expression meaning that avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) that may be true
that might be the case
(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
(exp) (id) Danger past and God forgotten
(exp) (id) When one door is shut, another is open
The world is as kind as it is cruel
(n) slender and smartly shaped woman
(exp) (id) People will talk
(exp) "If everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of"
(exp) (id) Give him an inch and he'll take an ell
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard
(exp) (id) It's hard to please everybody
(exp) thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes
being the apple of one's eye
(exp) if you look carefully, it's more ordinary than it appears (lit: the ghost, when examined closely, was withered silver grass)
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) (obs) Even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
(exp) (id) Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion
