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Examples:Things ain't what they used be.—take things as they come—how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself)—(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)—lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get—jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.—counting one's chickens before they are hatched—spilt water returns the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong—person who pretends be bigger or richer than they are (vulgar)—"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old—they (for inanimate objects)—intersperse comic dialog (as they do in operas)—banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive—don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience—fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)—look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die—Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy.—abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything you.—lit. unable distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—take things as they are [idiom.]—let sb. do whatever they want—rob sb of sth they cherish [idiom.]—when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction [idiom.]—Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure be ill-intentioned. [idiom.]—when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys [idiom.]—copy the way they walk in Handan [idiom.]— |