Expressions (A–Z)
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A
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A man will not succeed
See: “will not succeed”; “will not prosper”
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A Way That Is Not a Way
A path full of obstacles. A path that is not good or difficult to follow.
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B
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Became a snare
See: "He had a spear."
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by a way that is not a way
Figuratively: by a difficult and disrupted path. In a convoluted or complicated...
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H
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He threw it in the trash.
See: "Fall in the dust."
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L
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Lay a Snare for Him/ to trap/ set a trap for/ lay a mine for
In the question: He called him a snare. He hid a trap (in the original meaning o...
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S
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Set a snare for him/ to set a trap fo/ to lay (spread) a snare fore
In the question: He placed a stumbling block in his path. He hid a trap in his p...
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Skipped Over the Obstacle
Figuratively: he overcame the obstacle that stood in his way.
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stumbling block / obstacle
An obstacle or hindrance; something that impedes progress or causes failure (lit...
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T
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The big but
the main problem or the central obstacle
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