(adj-i) clever
sly
cunning
pushy
(adj-i) tenacious
stubborn
(adj-i) fat
thick
(n) someone or something that just gets in the way
a burden
(adj-i) (1) sharp sighted
(2) easily awakened
(exp) back off!
leave me alone!
(P)
(adj-na,n) impediment
burden
encumbrance
hindrance
drag
(adj-na,n) impediment
burden
encumbrance
hindrance
drag
(n) persistently
bitterly
extremely
(exp) a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!")
(exp) when it's important
when it comes to the crunch
(exp) after all is said and done
to say the least
(exp) just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!")
in the twinkling of an eye
in the blink of an eye
(exp) (col) (used after adj.) nothing more ... than this
as .... as it could possibly be
(exp) back off!
leave me alone!
(P)
(exp) (1) (uk) (after negative base of verb) have to (verb)
must (verb)
(2) is indispensable
absolutely necessary
(exp) (at the) last moment
(in the) nick of time
(exp) (sl) Don't you ever come here again!
(exp) after that (a substantive change occurred)
(exp) nothing special
no big deal
doesn't matter
(exp) nothing special
no big deal
doesn't matter
(exp) it is no exaggeration to say
it is not too much to say
(exp) good guess
close or accurate guess
(exp) not exactly correct, but pretty close to it
not far off the mark
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp) (id) There is nothing that I can't do