List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
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- the husband is always the last to know, everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
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- having few faults as well as few virtues, not burning agarwood (incense); not passing wind
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- we have piped unto you and ye have not danced, people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to exhaust all one's options
idiomatic expression expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- not to be spoken of in the same breath, cannot be compared, defying all comparison, bearing no comparison, not a same-day discussion
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair, to get one's time to shine
idiomatic expression expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- harmless but pointless, neither bad nor good
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- temptation one can't resist, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, trusting a cat with milk
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- the heat is off, things calm down, the excitement dies down
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to be extremely cautious, to be as sure as sure can be, to make assurance doubly sure