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Examples:beat the snake death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud—(an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)—You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (common saying); wisdom only comes with experience—talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head—lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)—When we get the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (common saying); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.—keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again—allusion (classic story or saying)—lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (common saying); touch a sore spot—the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)—(saying) can't be better—ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words—lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); preach freely on one's favorite topic—A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (common saying); a stitch in time saves nine—An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (common saying); Money can't buy you time.—saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part—life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)—wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life—be on the verge of saying what is on one's mind—if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end it? (Buddhist saying)—not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection—classifier used when saying: types or kinds of sth.—there is no harm in saying what one thinks [idiom.]—saying one thing but meaning sth. different—talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head—lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary—not worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say—say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word—external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); say what one means—pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own—lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); say what you think—thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things say—lit. breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)—say one thing but mean another—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear—fig. interrupt sb. urgently and say one's piece—I have much more say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) [idiom.]—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); change sth. that is already settled upon—say sth. without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek— |