Expressions (A–Z)
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Name-dropping
Suggest different names or nicknames. Or: Mention the names of famous people jus...
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New Times, New Songs/ Other times other manners
Over time, new modes or different ways of expressing oneself emerge.
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New Times, Old Songs
Despite the new times, there is no change within the content of the ideas.
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Not this, not that/ far from it/ on no account
Euphemistically: by no means. Neither this nor that.
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Of blessed memory, Blessed be the memory of the righteous!
An expression said to honor a person who has passed away, placed immediately aft...
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Old age has overtaken him.
See: "Aging has sprung upon him."
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Old and Seven Days
See: "Seven Days."
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Old Goat
A nickname for a very sparse old beard.
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Old man, woman and child (men, women and child)
Figuratively: everyone. Adults and children alike as one.
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Old sinner / old rake
An old man who commits sins. A sinful old man or an old man whose behavior does...
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