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wrap in the flagTo claim one's cause deserves support for patriotic reasons or that one's own motives are patriotic.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

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wring outTo squeeze a wet material, either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.Rate it:

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write your own scriptEncouragement to decide one’s own fateRate it:

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yell silentlyTo think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.Rate it:

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yield upTo give something against one's will.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 crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:

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you got a bus to catch?What's your hurry? Why are you rushing me out of here?Usually said when someone feels they are being rushed out of a placeRate it:

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you only get what you giveThere is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.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 no ham sandwichOne is either wealthy or desirable or not wealthy nor desirable.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 bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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×ין דין ו×ין דייןNo one is enforcing law and order.Rate it:

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הפנה לו ×ת הגבto turn one's backRate it:

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ו×הבת לרעך כמוךlove your neighbor as yourself, love thy neighbor as thyself; The Golden Rule: the principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.Rate it:

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ז״לOf blessed memory, may he/she/they rest in peace; used after a reference to one or more deceased people.Rate it:

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טמן ר×שו בחולto bury one's head in the sandRate it:

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一國兩制"One Country, Two Systems"Rate it:

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上有è€ä¸‹æœ‰å°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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人人為我，我為人人one for all, all for oneRate it:

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傻傻分ä¸æ¸…楚cannot tell apart; cannot tell one thing from another; too silly to distinguishRate it:

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內牛滿é¢to be so moved or excited that there are tears streaming down one's faceRate it:

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命苦ä¸èƒ½æ€¨æ”¿åºœï¼Œé»žèƒŒä¸èƒ½æ€¨ç¤¾æœƒOne cannot blame for their misfortune with the government and the society.Rate it:

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多å–熱水Drink more hot water. / Drink plenty of hot water.Rate it:

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媽的fuck; to fuck one's motherRate it:

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媽的a word used to express one's angerRate it:

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å°â€¦â€¦ä¾†èªªfrom somebody's point of view; in one's opinionRate it:

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愛怎麼著就怎麼著do whatever one likes, do as one wishesRate 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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沒辦法there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about itRate it:

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白髮人é€é»‘髮人to see one's child die before oneselfRate it:

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知人知é¢ä¸çŸ¥å¿ƒOne may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature.Rate it:

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竹篮打水"wild-goose chase", using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort. Alternatively: 竹篮打水一场空.Rate it:

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笑貧ä¸ç¬‘娼the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer povertyRate it:

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自絕於人民Used to express that the one's suicide is antipeople.Rate it:

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虛心使人進步，驕傲使人è½å¾ŒModesty leads to progress, conceit makes one lag behindRate it:

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請等一下one moment, pleaseRate it:

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買一贈一buy one and get one freeRate it:

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身在ç¦ä¸­ä¸çŸ¥ç¦to live in plenty without appreciating it; to be oblivious to the good life that one hasRate it:

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還給è€å¸«to forget everything one has learntRate it:

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麻痺to relax one's guard; to slacken one's alertness; to no longer be vigilantRate it:

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