idiomatic expression  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• childhood friend, old playmate

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• dunce, blockhead, inattentive person, (a) lantern at noon

idiomatic expression  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• dying breath, dying whisper, being at death's door

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• feeling in one's bones, foreboding, premonition, presentiment, gut feeling, gut instinct

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• papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)
• paper tiger, someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite, man of straw

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• penny wise and pound foolish

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• to sleep like a log, to sleep like a baby

idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to take the blame, to cover oneself in mud

idiomatic expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• boastful story
• story about tengu

idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to advance unobstructed