List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
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- might is right, history is written by the victors, winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong, if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
proverb expression
- do not shoot straight for the top, he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin, if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to sacrifice something small in order to save something great, to lose a leg to save one's life, to kill a small bug and save a large one
proverb expression
- a small leak can sink a great ship
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- an idle brain is the devil's shop
search-only kanji form quotation expression
- boys, be ambitious
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- the embers of a former relationship flare up again, old love blazes anew
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- something done too late
search-only kanji form proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- greatness is comparative, there is always someone better than you, there is always a bigger fish
proverb expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- anyone can make a mistake, even Homer nods