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you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don'tAlternative form of damned if you do, damned if you don'tRate it:

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you're never too old to learnIt is possible to learn new things, at any age; (implying) follow your desires and dreamsRate it:

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you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omeletteIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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young fogeyYoung and over-conservative person.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 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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your mother is a whoreYou are a person of poor character, based on your imputed descent from a mother of poor character, and an unknown father of poor character.Rate it:

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your wish is my commandWhatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.Rate it:

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zero inTo focus one's aim; to zoom in and center on something.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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zero-daybenefiting from newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using zero-day vulnerabilityRate it:

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zombie outBecome like a zombie in being listless, vacant, and unresponsive.Rate it:

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zone outTo stop paying attention and think about something else, or to think about nothing.Rate it:

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zoom inSo as to make it larger and possibly more detailed.Rate it:

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zoom outSo as to make it smaller and possibly less detailed.Rate it:

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zwischen den Jahrenbetween Christmas and New YearRate it:

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в целости и сохранностиsafe and sound; free from danger or injuryRate it:

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ещё какyou bet!, and how!Rate it:

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и да и нетyes and noRate it:

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и т. д.etc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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и т.д.etc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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и тому подобноеetc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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мухи отдельно, котлеты отдельноapples and orangesRate 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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С Рождеством Христовым и с Новым годомMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Rate it:

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Смерть шпионам"Death to spies!", rallying cry of SMERSH, the counterintelligence department of the GRU and NKVD.Rate it:

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אין דין ואין דייןNo one is enforcing law and order.Rate it:

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בין הפטיש והסדןcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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גמר חתימה טובהMay you be signed and sealed in the Book of Life; a common greeting on and before Yom Kippur.Rate it:

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גמר טובMay you be signed and sealed in the Book of Life; a common greeting on and before Yom Kippur.Rate it:

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וכדומהet cetera, and the likeRate it:

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יב״לAttached to the mention of a live person, when it is near mention of a dead person, to distinguish between the living and the dead.Rate it:

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כמו ג׳וקים מסוממיםaddleheaded and panic-strickenRate it:

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לה״וThe universe and all in it is God’s.Rate it:

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לחייםA blessing, a toast, and an expression of goodwill.Rate it:

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שאל בני ונען"ask, my son, and I will answer"Rate it:

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שנה טובהHappy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.Rate it:

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תושלב״עUsed by an author to indicate the end of a book or other major work and thank God for assistance in its completion.Rate it:

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תנצב״התְּהֵא נַפְשׁוֹ/נַפְשָׁהּ צְרוּרָה בִּצְרוֹר הַחַיִּים a common used epitaph, for a male and female respectively.Rate it:

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“a sentence doesn't come out of nowhere, the writer planted it, watered it, took care of it and youSentenceRate it:

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“failure is bringing the wine and forgetting the glass, depression is forgetting the corkscrew."Wine Rate it:

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“god is the doctor, the world is the hospital and i am the patient.”GodRate it:

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一步一個腳印to work steadily and make solid progressRate it:

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一路走好Have a good and safe journey.Rate it:

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上有老下有小to have both one's aging parents and one's young children to take care of; to be a member of the sandwich generationRate it:

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云云used at the end of a quotation, implying that some words of the same purport are left out; "and so on and so forth"Rate it:

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來者何人who are you and why are you here?Rate it:

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劉姥姥進大觀園"Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens"; to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundingsRate it:

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又紅又專pro-communism and having professional skillRate it:

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呢樣嗰樣this and thatRate it:

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