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Examples:be backed up by (a mountain etc)—like a fish back in water (idiom); glad be back in one's proper surroundings—eastern shield-backed katydid (genus Atlanticus)—enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels—Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)—invert (upside-down, inside-out, back-to-front, white to black etc)—return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight)—go back to one's native place and live in seclusion—demand loan (i.e. loan that the borrower can demanded back at any time)—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—fig. one should not go back one's past experiences (of love, job etc)—shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance—old: reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word—fig. things get back normal after an upheaval—bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck—back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)—Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaesong, North Korea—saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)—lit. fight with one's back the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post—a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back—the wrong way round (back-to-front, inside out etc)—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example—like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back [idiom.]— |