List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
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- life is not easy, life is hard
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- man is not made of stone, man is made of flesh and blood
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- many a little makes a mickle, every little helps, even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
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- nature takes its course, you can't stop the tide, water seeks its own level
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- life is unpredictable, the flow of water and where people are headed (are equally unpredictable)
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- water seeks its own level
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes), playing the dandy ruins a man
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- it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman, shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation, not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
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- what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
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- people will talk