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Examples:the hero has plans already laid (idiom); have plans ready in advance—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost—I really want do it, but don't have the resources.—cherish one's unrecognized talents (idiom); to have talent but no opportunity—lit. feel as if one's intestines have been cut short—tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child—almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle—spare the rod and spoil the child [idiom.]—have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances—Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed have forged several classical texts—(humble language) I'm sorry not have come to meet you personally—Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.—a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect—spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost—college for people who attend after work (lit.: spare-time college)—the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); have a lucky break—recognize talent and have great respect for it—spare the rod, spoil the child—Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)—lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—set rights things which have been thrown into disorder—heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship contend with—a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression—have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)—not know how to use things sparingly—have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)—have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs—not overlook, nor spare (idiom); unwilling to forgive—have an ulterior motive (idiom); a hidden agenda—wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it—Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island)—”surrender and your life will be spared” [idiom.]—(slang) have an intimate relationship with sb.—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]—lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have take it home [idiom.]—The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. [idiom.]—lit. have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly [idiom.]—enough and spare [idiom.]—sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk [idiom.]—have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) [idiom.]—have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy [idiom.]—have never met sb. before (idiom); entirely unacquainted—have a face as terrifying as the warrior attendant of the Buddha [idiom.]— |