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you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:

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you can't run with the hare and hunt with the houndsYou can't have it both ways.Rate it:

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you can't say fairer than thatThat is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome.Rate it:

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you can't step in the same river twiceIt is not possible to repeat past experiences, as time changes all things.Rate it:

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you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:

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You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:

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you can't teach an old dog new tricksIt is impossible, or almost impossible, to change people's habits or traits or mindset.Rate it:

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you can't tell a book by its coverAlternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover.Rate it:

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you can't unring a bellSome things can't be undone.Rate it:

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you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:

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you can't win if you don't playUnless or until you don't play , you cannot win .Rate it:

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you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:

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you don't know beans aboutYou Don't Have Any Idea About? Doing a task, performing a certain choreRate it:

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you gotta be shitting me.You can't be serious. Surely, you don't mean that.Rate it:

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you have to risk it to get the biscuitYou can't get a reward without risk.Rate it:

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you know what you can do with ita sarcastic way of expressing disgust to someone; akin to telling someone where to goRate it:

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you knows itYou're right; I wholeheartedly agree with your statement.Rate it:

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you're a long time deadA reminder that we are all mortal, as a justification for enjoying life while one can.Rate it:

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you're all rightused to politely reject an offerRate it:

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you're rightIndicates that what the interlocutor said/says is correct.Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; Also and more often said "your eyes are bigger than your, belly"Rate it:

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вы можете мне помочьcan you help me?Rate it:

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можно войтиcan I come inRate it:

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поздно пить боржоми, когда почки отказалиbeing in a situation when nothing can be done to fix a problem, not necessarily a health-related issue late to drink borjomi when kidneys have failed")Rate it:

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руки не из того места растутall thumbs; literally, hands grow from the wrong spot )Rate it:

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“with so many signs, following the right path is only for those who are guided by faith.”SignsRate it:

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不明覺厲Although I don't know what you are saying or doing, I think you are amazing.Rate it:

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可不you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly!; isn't that so?Rate it:

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可不是that's just the way it is; exactly!; right!Rate it:

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可不是嗎you can say that again; absolutely; that's very trueRate it:

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對不對used as a tag question: isn't it so?, right or wrong?, is it right?, OK, yes?Rate it:

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師父領進門，修行靠個人A master can only lead a person to the temple gate; the individual must practice himself to become a monkRate it:

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有冇搞錯Are you serious?; Are you kidding me?; What's wrong with you?Rate it:

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有木有innit, damn rightRate it:

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沒辦法there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about itRate it:

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誰說不是呢you can say that again; absolutely; that's very trueRate it:

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