Expressions (A–Z)
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If you believe it is possible to ruin, believe it is possible to repair
Just as it is always possible to ruin, so too a person can always repair his mis...
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In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening'; and in the evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning'
A state of despair and suffering that causes one to hope time will pass. In the...
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Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?!
In a recommendation: Is there no good doctor in the land?! Why is it necessary t...
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It would have been better for a person not to have been created.
See: "It is better for a person not to have been created."
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My death is better than my life
Preferable in the eyes of death to life. An expression of despair so deep that d...
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My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
A cry of despair. A prayer to God for deliverance.
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Perplexed / At a loss / Confused / At one’s wits’ end
Unable to decide; confused or uncertain about what to do.
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S
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sought his soul to die
See: “asked for his soul to die”
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Table of despair
A countdown, written or spoken, to the end of something unpleasant or tedious.
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The situation is critical(unbearable)/the troubles have reached their climax/the situation is unbearable
By analogy: the situation has reached the limit of what can be endured, patience...
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