Expressions (A–Z)
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A prophet is not honored in his own city
Figuratively: A person does not receive appreciation from the people of his own...
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A sigh breaks half of a person's body/ care is an enemy to life
Sighs of despair uttered by a person from exhaustion, or that sap one's inner st...
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A silent fool
Said of a person who is not wise, but whose silence makes others think he is int...
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A single pepper is better than a basket full of pumpkins
See: "A single pepper is better than a basket full of pumpkins."
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A stone that has no one to turn it over
An expression describing something or someone neglected, unattended, or forgotte...
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A strange sight in his eyes
In a question: a mistake. One who confuses its true meaning (a foreign word mean...
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A tail with a thorn in it / Mixed blessing / There is a hitch / Fly in the ointment
Figuratively: Something good that has a flaw or certain defect (Eliah means the...
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A thousand deaths, but not one jealousy
See: "A hundred deaths rather than…".
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a trampled threshold
See: "like a trampled threshold".
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A wise man is only jealous of a wise man, a mighty man of a mighty man, and a rich man of a rich man
A person's tendency is to envy someone similar to him or someone in a similar fi...
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