Expressions (A–Z)
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He Discovered America
By analogy: Discovered something that was already known to everyone before.
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He is not so splendid as you described him/ the "lion" you mentioned is but a "fox"
In the question: The brave one will become fearful. He will lose the courage he...
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He made a way.
Paving a path in a difficult place to cross. In the question: Progress in a proj...
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He took the air out of his wheels
(Slang) Interrogative: He took the reins out of action. He hindered his efforts....
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He who carves above his face falls
By analogy: Bad things a person does eventually return to him. A person's anger...
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in the sense of: "break the barrel and keep its wine", you cannot eat cake and have it/ you cannot break the barrel and keep its wine.
By analogy: a thing and its opposite. A demand that contains an internal contrad...
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In Two Words
By analogy: in a great summary.
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Pay back in his own coin
Behave towards him in the same manner as the other behaved towards him.
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Raise the flag of revolt
By analogy: He initiated the revolt or stood at its head.
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Reinvent the wheel
In the question: He found something that was well known.
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