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Examples:let the cat out of the bag —a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising—no room advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma—not daring (out of shame)—fig. keep out of trouble—what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary—lift oneself out of poverty—look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye—be all right (out of danger or trouble)—lit. jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell—be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)—go out (of fire, lamp, stove, cigarette etc)—act out of malice (esp. of crime)—Thank you for having gone out of your way help me.—tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force—Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head—fig. choose the best person available (out of a mediocre bunch)—out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits—mind one's own business and keep out of trouble—be out of office (government)—break a prisoner out of jail—force (a concession out of sb)—scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic—single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)—out of genuine friendship [idiom.]—lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo [idiom.]—unable sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) [idiom.]—wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)—fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given the local commander in a brocade bag)—(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc—Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.— |