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Examples:lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out a third party—lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out—making a deer out be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation—lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. destroy root and branch—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.—safe and sound (idiom); come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness)—parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes)—lit. jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell—a person setting out deliver severe reproach—fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given the local commander in a brocade bag)—rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)—speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle—lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value—profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback—when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time—extinguish by stamping out or immersing in water—mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)—a home where the kids have grown up and moved out—thousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares speak out—fig. develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc)—Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine destroy you.—get out on finding out what it's really like—(of a prepaid mobile phone) be out of credit—shut-out, container or consigment not carried on the intended vessel or aircraft—rectangular frame used view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)—wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue—mind one's own business and keep out of trouble—the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")—street stall with goods laid out on the ground—lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom); effect a miracle cure (of medical operation)—eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles)—Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.—single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)—fetch the moon out of the sea (idiom); a hopeless illusion—one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)—Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved Soviet Union from 1956—lit. wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back [idiom.]— |