Expressions (A–Z)
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To spoil one's dish/ spoil things for oneself/ to behave badly/ disgrace oneself in public
He burned the dish he was cooking. In a question: He ruined himself. He did a sh...
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to spread a libel against / to accuse falsely
He fabricated or spoke lies about...
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To spread his slander
See: "A slander was spread."
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To stand firm before the image
Figuratively: He examined himself and his behavior. He made an accounting of the...
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To start from the beginning
He began from the beginning. He began the matter from its beginning (the origin...
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To starve to death/ perish of (from) hunger
To die from hunger. To perish and die because of hunger.
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To steal someone's heart away/ to deceive
Caused to love him or to admire him (originally: deceived him and caused him to...
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To stew in one's own juice
By analogy: Thought over and formed positions without revealing them to other op...
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To stick out the chest, to blow one's chest
By metaphor: To walk in pride. To boast.
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To stick out the nose
See: "The devil was not brought out."
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