Expressions (A–Z)
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A
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A man according to his value
A person of a status as important as his.
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C
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corner stone / key-stone / headstone
The top stone placed at the uppermost point of an architectural arch. Figurative...
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G
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Grasping the trivial and neglecting the essential
See: "Grasped the trivial and neglected the essential".
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H
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He cares
It matters to him. It's important to him. He is interested.
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K
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Key person
A central person with the ability to influence.
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S
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Scale of values
Moral values arranged and distinguished from one another according to their impo...
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T
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The world cannot exist without the perfumer and without the tanner
The world needs both the perfumer and the tanner — metaphorically, every trade a...
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This is not little
In the question: Is there a responsibility for this?
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To despise and regard as dust of the earth / to set at naught
Nullified its importance and compared it to the dust of the earth, over which ev...
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