Expressions (A–Z)
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Devoured alive
Ate him alive. Figuratively: preyed on him. Overpowered him to harm him.
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Discarded/ neglected/ laid on the shelf/ (to be forgotten/ to be put aside)
There in the corner. In the question: did not apply. No heart input was given (c...
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discordant chord
Figuratively: discomfort or confrontation in a public occurrence.
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Drop a bombshell
Figuratively: to announce a dramatic and shocking message with significant impli...
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Either…or… / Whether…or
Also if… and also if… / Either… or…
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Euphemistically
In the opposite sense of the literal words spoken. The opposite of what is under...
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Even a small bump seems to him like towering mountains
Even a small mound of dirt or a little hill appears to him as high mountains. Fi...
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Examined on the potter’s wheel / on the birthstones
Figuratively: examined carefully and thoroughly all the considerations involved...
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four cubits of halacha, four cubits of Jewish law
By extension: the world of halacha (Jewish law) alone, without foreign influence...
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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Figuratively: omens of great disasters that are about to come.
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