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Examples:Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it be strung on a cord—lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not be mentioned in the same breath—a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept—house of woman's husband-to-be—discuss principles to be followed—"The wine´s gone bad and it cannot be sold"—fail to be chosen (or elected)—believe something to be true—be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)—fail to be loyal to one's love—"a slave certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable—be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)—be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc)—Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported be the birthplace of Buddhism—like a fish back in water (idiom); glad be back in one's proper surroundings—be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)—arrange (sth to be offered)—get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful—if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age—hold (to take, to be at) the helm—tease a woman by pretending to be displeased with her—the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—fig. be endowed with extraordinary intelligence—fig. shed one's body (to be reborn)—consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own—without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules—not appear to be decent or respectful—While the green hills last, there'll be wood burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.—make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval—claim to be (often exaggeratedly or falsely)—forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones—(usually used in the negative) be of help or use—be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc)—lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out—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.—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—conform to what one perceives to be the majority view—lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public—able think of everything that needs to be thought of—confirm (sth to be true)—(urge sb. to) be sure to—control a key point is to be master of the situation [idiom.]—one's predestined fate is yet be fulfilled [idiom.]—be driven by strong sexual urge (to do sth) [idiom.]—”surrender and your life will be spared” [idiom.]—be completely drained both emotionally and physically [idiom.]—be intimate with prostitutes and frequent brothels [idiom.]—lit. family shames must not be spread abroad [idiom.]—(of one's name, reputation etc) be immortalized [idiom.]—emerge as a new force to be reckoned with [idiom.]—be overly subjective and disregard the outside world [idiom.]— |