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Examples:legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls—lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off—Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung—Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan—a kind of metal or jade ornament worn in ancient times ward off evil spirits—old habits are hard change (idiom); It is hard to throw off ingrained habits.—The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.—easily forgive, simply release (idiom); let sb off scot free—lit. flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—sb who produces a piece of work for sb else pass off as their own—crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery—stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off—sudden death (play-off in sporting competition)—lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse—deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)—virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)—Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana—lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); gossip about the neighbors—the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own—vertical or short take-off and landing aircraft—Kinmen County, Taiwan (the Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast)—fig. spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)—fig. try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off—show off one's accomplishments (often derogatory)—Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off—sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)—lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing—flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry)—lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea [idiom.]—shop around first and you won't get ripped off [idiom.]—break off or break open sth. with one's hands—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]— |