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Examples:Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.—don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—lit. want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed—you can't always get everything you want—I really want do it, but don't have the resources.—fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not—fig. Do what you want do openly and without dissimulation.—If you don't want anyone know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.—be so in pain as to not want to live—lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains—give him an inch, and he'll want a mile—What you don't want done you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—lit. want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)—just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline—know which of two you want—for want of a nail the battle was lost—let sb. do whatever they want—If one is industrious, one will not be in want. [idiom.]—want to have sth. overruled or changed— |