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Examples:lit. three ignorant cobblers add up a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom—rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray—Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later—lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. act pragmatically—fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison—the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence—lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others—fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)—in flowers by moonlight (idiom); fig. courtship—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.—fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple—lit. make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil—lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean—lit. one knife cut two segments (idiom); fig. to make a clean break—(fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric")—lit. carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action—lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect—go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)—lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains—hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home—fig. refers a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband—foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess—lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted—lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. pretend to do sth without understanding it—lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent—lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy—lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society—lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie; fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry—lit. blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious—fig. act in the name (of an idea or an organization)—lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations—lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving—lit. burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common—fig. discredit with absurd unfounded accusations—lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient—fig. visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)—an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. use the enemy's methods against him—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—(fig.) have nothing further to do (with sb. or sth)— |