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you can't make a silk purse of a sow's earIt is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.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 get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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you have the advantage over meYou know my name, but I do not know yours; what is it, please?; you know me but I do not know youRate it:

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you lost meYou left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.Rate it:

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you snooze you loseIf you are not alert and attentive, you will not be successful.Rate it:

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you winUsed to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.Rate it:

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you're goodIt's OK; it's not a big deal.Rate it:

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you're no ham sandwichOne is either wealthy or desirable or not wealthy nor desirable.Rate it:

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you've got to laughUsed when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously.Rate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your objection is simply 'a smoke screen':Your response does not in any manner address the subject of the discussion, rather presents language designed to 'cover-up', disguise, deny existence of the problem, insert dissimilar subject matter to defer focus on the actual subject at hand!Rate it:

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zero-daynewly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminalsRate it:

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zop! {reply:} {"u~know!"}A statement made by entities affiliated with "ZOP!" The correct reply for a affiliate is {"U~Know!"}, all done sutolly as to not draw the attention of those not affiliated.Rate it:

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ещё какnot half!Rate it:

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нашла коса на камень (a scythe hit a rock)Means that two strong characters confronted and do not want to give in; similar to "he met his match" or "diamond cut diamond" Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу. Имеется в виду одинаковое упрямство в отношении чего-либо, непримиримая оппозиция двух лиц, равных по силе характеров, по настойчивости в отношении � елаемого; столкновение взглядов, интересов, характеров.Rate it:

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не думаюI don't think so, I think notRate it:

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не стоит благодарностиyou're welcome, not at all, don't mention itRate it:

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ни в пизду, ни в Красную Армиюnot good for anythingRate 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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почему бы и нетwhy notRate it:

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я не религиозный человекI'm not religiousRate it:

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על אחת כמה וכמהlet alone, all the more so, not to mentionRate it:

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רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלבout of sight, out of mindRate it:

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“we are not in prehistory, but dinosaurs still exist.”DinosaursRate it:

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“whoever is guided by faith does not follow any path.”whoeverRate it:

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不作死就不會死you won't die if you do not seek death; you will not get into trouble if you do not seek troubleRate it:

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何樂而不為why not do it? why unwilling to do it?Rate it:

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先使未來錢to spend money not yet earnedRate it:

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免談Let's not talk about it; You might just as well save your breath.Rate it:

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富不過三代clogs to clogs in three generations; wealth does not last beyond three generationsRate it:

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擇日不如撞日“to pick a date is not as good as to encounter a date”; as for to do something, it's better to do it now.Rate it:

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時運高,睇唔到not to be seeing somethingRate it:

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有去無回to go and not returnRate it:

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有邊讀邊A method people use to pronounce a Chinese character when they do not know its exact pronunciation: one of the components of the character is taken as a phonetic and that pronunciation is used, sometimes erroneously.Rate it:

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笑貧不笑娼lit. despising poverty but not prostitutionRate it:

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翻身不忘共產黨,幸福不忘毛主席Forget not the Communist Party for the liberation; forget not Chairman Mao for the wellbeing.Rate it:

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談何容易people should not criticize or comment rashlyRate it:

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請勿打擾do not disturbRate it:

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離鄉不離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

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離鄉無離腔leaving hometown, does not forget languageRate it:

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非誠勿擾If you are not sincere then do not bother. / Serious inquiries only.Rate it:

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