Expressions (A–Z)
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Donkey-and-camel driver/ hesitating/ faltering (ass-driver and cameleer in one, the latter walks by the head of his beasts and the former behind,thus having to walk forward and backward)===
Figuratively: hesitant about how to act while simultaneously doing two different...
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Even though
See: "af al pi"
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Point and counterpoint/ contradiction
Paradox. Two things that are opposites or contradict each other. 'Tartei desatei...
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Prick the bubble
Revealed the truth about him and presented him as he truly is, contrary to the i...
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Take one's glove off
By metaphor: began to react in an aggressive manner and less calculated, contrar...
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The thief, by the mouth of a scribe, calls to heaven, a thief, even a scribe, a merciful scribe.
Even the thief who is caught in the act of stealing prays to God to help him and...
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The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau
The matter appears to be something that is not truly so. A wonder at the existin...
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To disobey
He did not obey him. He acted contrary to what he was told to do.
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You are holding a rope by two ends
See: He held the rope by both of its ends
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You can't have your cake and eat it too
It is impossible to enjoy two mutually exclusive benefits at the same time.
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