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Examples:a miss is as good as a mile—as far as sth is concerned—Nothing is as good as in former times.—mountain of Dao, sea of learning (idiom); learning is as high as the mountains, as wide as the seas—too far is as bad as not enough (idiom, from the Analects)—act as if one is taking things very seriously—tastes as if one is chewing wax [idiom.]—seem as if something is amiss [idiom.]—lit. dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general—leave a situation as it is—lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure do well.—bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)—Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.—the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood—the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart—fig. one is just as bad as the other—there is no such thing as a free meal—sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)—Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.—a society in which that is regarded as all-important—remove sth that could be used as a pretext [idiom.]—(emphasizes that sth. is precisely or exactly as stated)— |