(exp) (id) Like father, like son
(exp) to wait on someone hand and foot
to take personal care of someone
(exp) (id) Everyone is the son of his own works
(exp) (id) Don't trust a stranger
(exp) based on government policy
(exp,v5u) to be left behind
(exp) to offer one's service as a matchmaker
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(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) to appreciate the pleasures of reading
(exp) to be robbed of one's due
lit: to have one's fried tofu snatched by a kite
(exp) (id) A defeated general should not talk of the battle
(exp) to shelter oneself under one's father's influence
(exp) to make wine from grapes
(exp) an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
(exp) one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words
the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts
the eyes are the windows to the soul
(exp) let sleeping dogs lie
(exp) to stir up trouble for oneself (lit: to scare out a snake by poking at the brush)
(exp) (hum) to be a burden
to make trouble for someone
(exp) at the time of writing
(exp) (comp) to run a virus scan program
(exp) (comp) to beta test (something)
(exp) parochial
provincial
used to encourage someone to get a wider perspective
(exp) Spare the rod and spoil the child
(exp,v5r) to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money (lit: a duck comes carrying an onion)
(exp) to allot money to the payment of debts
(exp,adj-na) sour (expression, as if having consumed a bitter bug)
