Expressions (A–Z)
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A person should not drink from this cup and cast his eyes on another cup
By extension: One should not think of another partner while with a particular sp...
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A woman who is with her lover swears by her husband’s name.
The way of a cheating spouse is to swear by the life of the betrayed spouse.
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An enemy of the people
Figuratively: A person who betrays their people or causes them harm.
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Are you Brutus too?!
Have you also joined the traitors?! Or: You turned out to be a traitor, contrary...
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Et tu, Brutus?!
See: “Even you, Brutus?!”
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He became a coward.
See: "He turned against him to be an adversary."
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He grew horns for himself
By metaphor: she was unfaithful to her partner or husband.
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He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me
The person I supported and fed has deceived or betrayed me.
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His memory betrayed him
See: "His memory is in his treachery."
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His memory betrayed him
He forgot something despite his efforts to remember.
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