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Examples:a match for ten thousand enemies—multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered—lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. panic and treat everyone as an enemy—If one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot pass (idiom); One man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies—lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions—buffer region (between enemies)—fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help—fig. enemies or rivals meet face face—drive a wedge between (one's enemies)—(of enemies) cannot live under the same sky—proverbially perpetual arch-enemies—become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb.—enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty—knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy—besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops—class division inproletariat and bourgeoisie class enemy, in use esp. during the cultural revolution—enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information—(old) stones that can be rolled down onan attacking enemy—be in covert communication with (the enemy etc)—facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties—lit. not have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed—military achievement (e.g. number of enemy heads cut off)—anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition the same adversary—fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.—Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud—contradictions between ourselves and the enemy—capture enemy personnel (for intelligence purposes)—empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything leave nothing for the enemy—know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—fig. get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions—avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws—(resist the enemy) relying on inaccessible territory—recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains—hate evil as one hates an enemy [idiom.]—borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy [idiom.]—crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) [idiom.]—fig. indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble [idiom.]— |