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Examples:if two tigers fight, one must get injured (idiom); if you start a war, someone is bound get hurt—lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.—lit. examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—habit becomes nature (idiom); get used something and it seems inevitable—don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—if you ride a tiger, it's hard get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway—Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too—someone who does not easily get along with others—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.—knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. get one's finger in the pie—lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. get rid of sb once he has served his purpose—dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie—lit. seek but fail get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for—feel hopelessly worried or get in trouble for imaginary fears—lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used it—get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful—wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves lust—faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right—lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. get over difficulties before reaching the goal—lit. be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die—dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)—lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); get into trouble on account of a cherished item—lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut get ahead in work or study—fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme get sth cheaper)—shop around first and you won't get ripped off [idiom.]— |