Expressions (A–Z)
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Blunt as sword-thrusts
See: 'Like the Blades of a Sword.'
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Boast not yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth
A proverb warning against excessive self-confidence or boasting about the future...
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Bordering on / Connected with the Prohibition of Usury / Element of Usury
A form of interest. Payment of an additional amount resembling usury.
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Buy the truth, and do not sell it
A proverb in praise of truth and knowledge.
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by a way that is not a way
Figuratively: by a difficult and disrupted path. In a convoluted or complicated...
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By the Way / Apropos / Incidentally / Unintentionally
By the way; incidentally, on the margins of the main topic (literally from Arama...
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Catapult Stones / Sling-Stones
Large sling-stones launched from an ancient siege engine called a ballista, used...
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Chickenpox / Smallpox / Blisters of the Wind
A viral disease in which blisters appear on parts of the body.
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Coconut
Figuratively: coconut.
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Constant Dropping Wears Away the Stone / Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks
An expression describing the power of time and persistence to change or overcome...
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