Expressions (A–Z)
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in the sense of: "break the barrel and keep its wine", you cannot eat cake and have it/ you cannot break the barrel and keep its wine.
By analogy: a thing and its opposite. A demand that contains an internal contrad...
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It is a riddle, it is, and let it be a riddle
The matter is in the category of a riddle or an enigma.
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Let not this parable be light in your eyes, let not the ... be light in your eyes
Do not belittle this parable or example. Learn and draw a lesson from this case,...
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Like Fire in Tow/ as destructive as fire to the flax
Just as a fire spreads rapidly when it is burning straw (the burning of fragment...
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No arrow is sharper than the tongue
Nothing can hurt more than words spoken, such as slander, defamation, incitement...
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No baker admits his dough is sour
The baker cannot testify about his own dough. Figuratively: A person cannot prai...
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No one labors over a meal only to waste it
A person does not toil in preparing a meal only to throw it away. Figuratively:...
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No person sees his own flaws
See: "A person sees all blemishes except his own blemishes".
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No wheat without chaff
There can be no grain without chaff. Figuratively: there is no good without bad....
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Not even one
Not even one. Not a single one.
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