Expressions (A–Z)
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Custom / Manner / Local manners
A local custom or accepted manner; the common or proper way of conduct according...
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D
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Daylight
See: "In broad daylight."
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Dead flesh does not feel the knife
The dead cannot feel pain. By extension: A person in a most difficult situation...
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Death rather than solitude / Better death than loneliness
Either companionship or death. A person cannot live in isolation; life without f...
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Deathbed statement – legal reference?
Words spoken by a person shortly before they died. Legally, great importance is...
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Deceit / Fraud / Falsehood — "Stones of Deceit, Scales of Deceit"
Figuratively and poetically: weights used to deceive — trade or conduct based on...
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deceitful man
A cheat. A swindler. Someone who deceives or acts fraudulently.
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Deceived the eyes
See: “Optical illusion” or “Deception.”
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Deception of the eye / Conjuring / Optical illusion
Deception or illusion; trickery meant to mislead or fool the senses, especially...
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Deceptive stones / False weights
see: "Deceptive stones" / "False weights"
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