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Examples: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. don't sit under overhanging eaves (idiom); fig. don't stay in danger area—If you don't want anyone know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.—What you don't want done you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)—Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen others' gossip.—(lit.) Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave [idiom.]—Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.—a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance—don't pass judgment until you've seen the end—lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)—I really want do it, but don't have the resources.—In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.—think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully—almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle—extreme joy turns sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)—take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously")—don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously—fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion—lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead friendship—don't avoid the battle-ax (idiom); soldier must face danger bravely—lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise—It's all exaggeration, you don't need take it seriously—lit. go up to heaven or down to Hades; fig. whichever way, I don't care—lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow inothers' field—don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience—Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)—Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.—If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.—Take what you hear be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success—don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead friendship—you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare [idiom.]—sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof [idiom.]—when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys [idiom.]— |