(exp) (id) Even Homer sometimes nods
(exp) (obsc) there are exceptions to every rule (lit: rocks will flow and leaves will sink)
(exp) (id) You must always reflect yourself
(exp) any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way
lit: if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper
(exp) (id) An army marches on its stomach
(exp) (id) To be as busy as a bee
Like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one
(exp,v5r) (1) to lose hope
(2) to be plunged into darkness
(exp) to be greedy
(exp) (id) There is no rose without a thorn
(exp) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy (lit)
the biter bit
the one who bites get bitten instead
(exp) come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)
no matter what happens
(exp) come hell or high water (lit: even if rain or spears fall)
no matter what happens
(exp) being held in suspense
being on edge
(exp) (id) slow and steady wins the race
there is luck in the last helping
(exp) (id) What chances to one man may happen to all
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(exp) wives and tatami are best when they're new
(n) slender and smartly shaped woman
(exp) (id) Big head, little wit
(exp) (id) It's hard to please everybody
(exp) thank you for your continued patronage
(exp) (id) Nobody knows the morrow
(exp) (id) Talk about next year and the devil will laugh
(n) (comp) inactive file
(exp) the last drop makes the cup run over
too much of a good thing
less is more
(exp) the last drop makes the cup run over
too much of a good thing
less is more
(exp) to do something with painful reluctance
(exp) (id) He who laughs last laughs hardest