Expressions (A–Z)
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An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master's crib/ "the ox knows his owner and the ass his master's crib"
By extension: a person knows who they depend on and who cares for and provides f...
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Do not become dependent on people
See: 'He Needs the Creatures.'"
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Eat bread of kindness
Figuratively: lives at someone else’s expense; supported by another person’s wor...
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eat out of someone's hand
Earned a living and found his livelihood with someone...
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He has no one to lean on but...
See: "We have none to lean on but our Father in Heaven".
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I
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Inverse Relationship
See: "in inverse proportion."
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It is impossible to… without…
Something cannot exist or function without the existence of something else.
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Life from His Mouth
See: "We do not live by his word."
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Living by His Word
See: "We do not live by his mouth."
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See: “סָמוּךְ עַל שֻׁלְחָנוֹ שֶׁל...” (“Dependent on someone’s table”)
See: “Dependent on someone’s table.”
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