雷厲風行

with the power of a thunderbolt and the speed of wind

ㄌㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

/leɪ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ lɐi̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/

/leɪ̯³⁵ li⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ lɐi̯²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹/

(when carrying out orders, policies, etc.) vigorously and speedily; vigorously and resolutely; swift and decisive

when carrying out orders; policies; when carrying out orders; policies


過五關斬六將

ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

го у гуань чжань лю цзян

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʷɔː³³ ŋ̍¹³ kʷaːn⁵⁵ t͡saːm³⁵ lʊk̚² t͡sœːŋ³³/

A fictional story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

pass through five checkpoints, and slay six generals

2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, episode 34 (Mainland version)

Nǐmen kě zhēn shì bù zhīdào, zhè xiǎoliǎngkǒu wa, zhēn shì hǎoshìduōmó. Nénggòu ái dào jīntiān dìnghūn, zhēn shì bùróngyì. Jiǎnzhí shì guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng a.

你們可真是不知道，這小兩口哇，真是好事多磨。能夠捱到今天訂婚，真是不容易。簡直是過五關斬六將啊。

你们可真是不知道，这小两口哇，真是好事多磨。能够挨到今天订婚，真是不容易。简直是过五关斩六将啊。

(figurative) to get past all manner of hardships


對答如流

ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tä³⁵ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tä³⁵ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

to answer fluently; to answer without hesitation


察言觀色

ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙㄜˋ

чаяньгуаньсэ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

The man of distinction is solid and straightforward, and loves righteousness. He examines people's words, and looks at their countenances. He is anxious to humble himself to others.

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fú dá yě zhě, zhì zhí ér hào yì, chá yán ér guān sè, lǜ yǐ xià rén.

夫達也者，質直而好義，察言而觀色，慮以下人。

夫达也者，质直而好义，察言而观色，虑以下人。

to read a person (to interpret or infer a meaning or significance based on facial expression, tone of voice etc)


慷他人之慨

ㄎㄤ ㄊㄚ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄎㄞˇ

кан тажэнь чжи кай

/kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːŋ³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

/kʰɔːŋ³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

/kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰai²¹/

/hɔːŋ³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

/kʰɔːŋ³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ kʰɔːi̯³³/

Public opinion in Taiwan thinks that Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty is a hypocritical group, thinking the abolition of the death penalty is to be generous at the expense of others, which is very disrespectful to murder victims and their families.

táiwān yúlùn zhǐchēng fèisǐ liánméng shì wěishàn tuántǐ, rènwèi fèisǐ shì kāngtārénzhīkǎi de xíngwèi, jíqí bù zūnzhòng shòuhàizhě jí qí qīnshǔ

台灣輿論指稱廢死聯盟是偽善團體，認為廢死是慷他人之慨的行為，極其不尊重受害者及其親屬

台湾舆论指称废死联盟是伪善团体，认为废死是慷他人之慨的行为，极其不尊重受害者及其亲属

to be generous with other people's money; to be generous at the expense of others


漢賊不兩立

ㄏㄢˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ

хань цзэй бу лянли

/xän⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

/xän⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

The Late Emperor considered that the Han and the villains cannot coexist, and that our state cannot be content with only internal stability, hence he tasked me with attacking the villains.

Xiāndì lǜ Hàn zéi bù liǎnglì, wángyè bù piān'ān, gù tuō chén yǐ tǎo zéi yě.

先帝慮漢賊不兩立，王業不偏安，故託臣以討賊也。

先帝虑汉贼不两立，王业不偏安，故托臣以讨贼也。

(of two people or groups) to be absolutely irreconcilable; to be enemies and not be able to coexist

(Taiwan) the policy of treating the Chinese Communist Party as an illegitimate regime during Chiang Kai-shek's rule


滿腹經綸

ㄇㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

маньфуцзинлунь

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/muːn¹³ fʊk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/muːn¹³ fʊk̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ lɵn²¹/

able to handle complex affairs of state; politically astute


滿面春風

ㄇㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄈㄥ

маньмяньчуньфэн

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/muːn¹³ miːn²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰun³³ hɔŋ³³/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/muːn¹³ miːn²² t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰun³³ hɔŋ³³/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/muã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/


盡心竭力

ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˋ

цзиньсиньцзели

/t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sɵn²² sɐm⁵⁵ kʰiːt̚³ lɪk̚²/

/t͡ɕin⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sɵn²² sɐm⁵⁵ kʰiːt̚³ lɪk̚²/

with all one's heart
with all one's heart

to do something with all one's heart and all one's might


管他三七二十一

who cares that three times seven is twenty-one

ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄑㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˊ ㄧ

гуань та сань ци эршии

/ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/

/kuːn³⁵ tʰaː⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jiː²² sɐp̚² jɐt̚⁵/

casting all caution to the winds; regardless of the circumstances or consequences; come what may


بسم الله

head

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ • (bi-smi llāhi)

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (canonical)
bi-smi llāhi (romanization)

→ Bashkir: бисмилла (bismilla)

→ Kazakh: бісмілдә (bısmıldä)

→ Mandinka: Bisimilaay

→ Malay: sembelih (by metathesis)


聞雞起舞

ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˇ

/wən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/

/wən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɐn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/

Based on a story in Zu Ti (祖逖)'s biography in the Book of Jin [648 CE], in which Zu Ti would get up with the sound of the roosters in order to practice his martial arts.

toget up and do sword practice upon hearing the rooster’s crow


蒼翠欲滴

ㄘㄤ ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄩˋ ㄉㄧ

цанцуй юй ди

/t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/

luscious; so green, water is about to drip out


賓至如歸

ㄅㄧㄣ ㄓˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

биньчжижугуй

/pin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³³ jyː²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

/pin⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³³ jyː²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

guests feel at home (in a hotel, guesthouse etc.)


銀河落九天

ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

иньхэ ло цзютянь

/in³⁵ xɤ³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

The torrent flew through the air and dropped 3,000 feet straight down, it seemed as if the Milky way was falling from the Ninth Heaven.

c. 701-762: Li Bai, Gazing at the Mount Lu waterfalls part two of two (望廬山瀑布水詩二首之二)

Fēi liú zhí xià sān qiān chǐ, yí shì yínhé luò jiǔtiān.

飛流直下三千尺，疑是銀河落九天。

飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。

describes the way a waterfall's water comes down


說時遲，那時快

/ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ nä⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/syːt̚³ siː²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ naː¹³ siː²¹ faːi̯³³/


標新立異

ㄅㄧㄠ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧˋ

/pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/piːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ lɐp̚² jiː²²/

/pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/piːu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ lɐp̚² jiː²²/

to start something new just in order to be different; to be original


德高望重

high level of morals; enjoys fame and prestige

ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄠ ㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

дэгаованчжун

/tɤ³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/tɐk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ²²/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/

/tɤ³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/tɐk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ²²/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/


撥雲見日

ㄅㄛ ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖˋ

боюньцзяньжи

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/puːt̚² wɐn²¹ kiːn³³ jɐt̚²/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ yn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/puːt̚² wɐn²¹ kiːn³³ jɐt̚²/

Literally: the clouds part so that you can once again see the sun

everything is getting back on track; get inspired and become suddenly enlightened；things are finally back to normal after a period of hardship; after much hardship, one is able to see the light at the end of the tunnel


撥開雲霧見青天

the clouds and fog part so that you can once again see the blue sky

ㄅㄛ ㄎㄞ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ

po¹-kʻai¹ yün²-wu⁴ chien⁴ chʻing¹-tʻien¹

бокай юньу цзянь цинтянь

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ yn³⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

light at the end of the tunnel
light at the end of the tunnel

everything is getting back on track; things are finally back to normal after a period of hardship; after much hardship, one is able to see the light at the end of the tunnel


暴跳如雷

ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄟˊ

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯³⁵/

/pou̯²² tʰiːu̯³³ jyː²¹ lɵy̯²¹/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ leɪ̯³⁵/

/pou̯²² tʰiːu̯³³ jyː²¹ lɵy̯²¹/

to be infuriated; to be enraged; to be furious; to be hopping mad


窮困潦倒

ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄠˇ

цюнкунь ляодао

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

fall on evil days; be penniless and frustrated; crack up under the strain of poverty; in a state of utter poverty; in the grip of poverty; live a life of poverty


鋤強扶弱

ㄔㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

/ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔː²¹ kʰœːŋ²¹ fuː²¹ jœːk̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔː²¹ kʰœːŋ²¹ fuː²¹ jœːk̚²/


橫眉豎眼

ㄏㄥˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄧㄢˇ

хэнмэй шу янь

/xɤŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xɤŋ³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

to have a dirty look on one's face; to give someone a dirty look


據理力爭

ㄐㄩˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓㄥ

цзюйлиличжэн

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kɵy̯³³ lei̯¹³ lɪk̚² t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕy⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kɵy̯³³ lei̯¹³ lɪk̚² t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

to argue vigorously on the basis of sound reason or justice


踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫

踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

One can wear out iron shoes searching for something with no success, only to acquire it by accident through no effort of one's own

ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ

ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ

daap⁶ po³ tit³ haai⁴ mou⁴ mik⁶ cyu³, dak¹ loi⁴ cyun⁴ bat¹ fai³ gung¹ fu¹

délái quán bù fèigōngfu [Phonetic:tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù

тапо тесе у мичу

дэлай цюань бу фэйгунфу

/tʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ u³⁵ mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/

daahp po tit hàaih mòuh mihk chyu, dāk lòih chyùhn bāt fai gūng fū

daap⁹ po³ tit⁸ haai⁴ mou⁴ mik⁹ tsy³, dak⁷ loi⁴ tsyn⁴ bat⁷ fai³ gung¹ fu¹

dab⁶ po³ tid³ hai⁴ mou⁴ mig⁶ qu³, deg¹ loi⁴ qun⁴ bed¹ fei³ gung¹ fu¹

/taːp̚² pʰɔː³³ tʰiːt̚³ haːi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ mɪk̚² t͡sʰyː³³ tɐk̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

(xiehouyu) One will search high and low only to find it when one least expects to.


歷盡艱辛

ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ

лицзиньцзяньсинь

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

to have undergone all manner of hardships


諸葛亮借東風

ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ

ㄓㄨ ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄥ

Чжугэ Лян цзе дунфэн

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³ lœːŋ²² t͡sɛː³³ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

From the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang utilizes the east wind to send burning ships into the ships of Cao Cao's invading forces.

Zhuge Liang uses the wind to put out a fire

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Zhuge Liang

諸葛亮借東風——神機妙算／诸葛亮借东风——神机妙算

Zhūgě Liàng jiè dōngfēng, shénjīmiàosuàn


燈紅酒綠

ㄉㄥ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄩˋ

дэнхунцзюлюй

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ lʊk̚²/

/tɤŋ⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹/

/tɐŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ lʊk̚²/

scene or life of debauchery; feasting and revelry


辦事不牢

ㄅㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˊ

/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

unreliable in the performance of one's work


龍盤虎踞

ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ

ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ

лунпаньхуцзюй

/lʊŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

/lʊŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

Quoted from Zhuge Liang's description of Nanjing's terrain

Liu Bei has once ordered Zhuge Liang to Nanjing. He saw the mountains there and said, “The Bell Mountain is like a coiled dragon, and the Stone City is like a crouched tiger. This should be the home of the emperor.”

Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

Liú Bèi céng shǐ Zhūgě Liàng zhì jīng, yīn dǔ mòlíng shān fù, tàn yuē: “Zhōngshān lóng pán, shítóu hǔ jù, cǐ dìwáng zhī zhái.”

劉備曾使諸葛亮至京，因睹秣陵山阜，歎曰：「鍾山龍盤，石頭虎踞，此帝王之宅。」

刘备曾使诸葛亮至京，因睹秣陵山阜，叹曰：「钟山龙盘，石头虎踞，此帝王之宅。」

a location with forbidding and dangerous terrain, especially Nanjing

Purple Mountain (Nanjing)
Stone City (Nanjing)
Zhuge Liang


龍蟠虎踞

ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ

ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄐㄩˋ

лунпаньхуцзюй

/lʊŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

/lʊŋ³⁵ pʰän³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/lʊŋ²¹ pʰuːn²¹ fuː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

龍盤虎踞 龍盤虎踞#Chinese

龙盘虎踞 龙盘虎踞#Chinese

Synonym of 龍盤虎踞／龙盘虎踞 (lóngpánhǔjù, “a location with forbidding and dangerous terrain”)


龍行虎步

ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ

лун син ху бу

/lʊŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

/lʊŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹/

(to walk) in a dignified and confident manner; displaying the dignity of an emperor


舉手投足

ㄐㄩˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄗㄨˊ

цзюйшоутоуцзу

/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/kɵy̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡su³⁵/

/kɵy̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

the way one moves; the way in which one carries oneself; how one carries oneself


UTSL

A pun on Obi-Wan Kenobi's "Use the Force, Luke!" in Star Wars.

(Internet) Initialism of use the source, Luke.


懷才不遇

ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ

huái cái bù yù [Phonetic:huái cái bú yù]

хуай цай бу юй

/xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/

/waːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²²/

/xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/

/waːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²²/

to have talent, but no opportunity to use it


繪聲繪色

ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ

хуэйшэнхуэйсэ

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/kʰuːi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/kʰuːi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/


藕斷絲連

→ Bouyei: ngoujduanqsiylianf

ㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

оудуаньсылянь

/ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/ŋɐu̯¹³ tyːn²² siː⁵⁵ liːn²¹/

/ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/ŋɐu̯¹³ tyːn²² siː⁵⁵ liːn²¹/

The lotus root is a tuberous plant, with lots of threads. Therefore, when you break it, a number of threads will still be attached.

the lotus root is broken, (but) threads (still) connect (the two pieces)

the ties are severed, but not completely; to still have a thing for somebody; to still pine for somebody


雞皮鶴髮

ㄐㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˋ

ㄐㄧ ㄆㄧˊ ㄏㄜˋ ㄈㄚˇ

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ xɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ xɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fä⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ xɤ⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(said of the aged) with shriveled skin and white hair


邊都沾不上

ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄡ ㄓㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄤˋ

biān dōu zhān bù shàng [Phonetic:biān dōu zhān bú shàng]

бянь доу чжань бу шан

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/

way off; not even close; way off the mark; dead wrong; off by a mile


關公面前耍大刀

ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ

Kuan¹-kung¹ mien⁴-chʻien² shua³ ta⁴-tao¹

Гуаньгун мяньцянь шуа дадао

/ku̯än⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Literally: to wield a broadsword in the presence of the Lord Guan


鵬程萬里

ㄆㄥˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

пэнчэнваньли

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ maːn²² lei̯¹³/

/pʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ maːn²² lei̯¹³/

(said of a person) to have brilliant prospects; to have a bright future


觸景生情

ㄔㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄥ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

чуцзиншэнцин

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ kɪŋ³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

be moved by what one sees; memories revive at the sight of familiar places; the scene brings back memories


觸目驚心

ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ

чумуцзинсинь

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ mʊk̚² kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰok̚²⁻⁴ mak̚⁴⁻² kĩã³³⁻²³ sim³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ mʊk̚² kɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰok̚²⁻⁴ mak̚⁴⁻² kĩã³³⁻²³ sim³³/

frightening; bloodcurdling; shocking; ghastly


騰空而起

ㄊㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧˇ

/tʰɤŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɤŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

to rise in the world by sheer effort and persistence


懸樑刺股

ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄘˋ ㄍㄨˇ

сюаньлянцыгу

/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ lœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³ kuː³⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ lœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³ kuː³⁵/

懸樑／悬梁 (xuán liáng) refers to what Sun Jing (孫敬／孙敬) of Eastern Han did:
:
刺股 (cì gǔ) refers to what Su Qin did

Sun Jing, courtesy name Wenbao, was studious. He would study from morning to night. When he felt sleepy, he would tie his hair with a string and hang it on the rafters (so that if he fell asleep, he would be awakened).

Sūn Jìng, zì Wénbǎo, hǎoxué, chén xī bùxiū. Jízhì mián shuì pí qǐn, yǐ shéng xì tóu, xuán wūliáng.

孫敬，字文寶，好學，晨夕不休。及至眠睡疲寢，以繩系頭，懸屋樑。

孙敬，字文宝，好学，晨夕不休。及至眠睡疲寝，以绳系头，悬屋梁。

When he (Su Qin) felt sleepy while studying, he would use an awl to prick his thighs (in order to stay awake) until blood flew over his feet.

Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE

Dúshū yù shuì, yǐn zhuī zì cì qí gǔ, xuè liú zhì zú.

讀書欲睡，引錐自刺其股，血流至足。

读书欲睡，引锥自刺其股，血流至足。

to tie (one's hair) to the rafters (so that if one falls asleep, one will be awakened), and to prick one's thighs (in order to stay awake)


顧不得許多

ㄍㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄒㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄛ

гу будэ сюйдо

/ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

incapable of focusing on too many things at once


顧左右而言他

ㄍㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄚ

гу цзою эр янь та

/ku⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ tʰä⁵⁵/

/kuː³³ t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐu̯²² jiː²¹ jiːn²¹ tʰaː⁵⁵/

[Mencius] said, "What would you do if your country is not managed well?" The king looked left and right, then started talking about something else.

Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yuē: “Sìjìng zhī nèi bù zhì, zé rú zhī hé?” Wáng gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā.

曰：「四境之內不治，則如之何？」王顧左右而言他。

曰：「四境之内不治，则如之何？」王顾左右而言他。

顾左右而言他
王顧左右而言他

to look left and right, then talk about something else

Thus, he scanned the surroundings with his peripheral vision and discovered that the eunuch beside him kept winking at him, so he tried to dodge the question and ended the discussion perfunctorily by saying, "People are naturally afraid of ghosts."

2011, 余建明, 《關於地理學的100個故事》 (100 Stories of Geography), page 129

Yúshì, tā yòng yǎnjiǎo de yúguāng sǎoshì le yīxià sìzhōu, fāxiàn pángbiān tàijiān yě fēnfēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎnsè, biàn gù zuǒyòu ér yán tā, yòng “rén zìrán shì pà guǐ” de huà fūyǎn liǎoshì.

於是，他用眼角的餘光掃視了一下四周，發現旁邊太監也紛紛向他使眼色，便顧左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的話敷衍了事。

于是，他用眼角的余光扫视了一下四周，发现旁边太监也纷纷向他使眼色，便顾左右而言他，用「人自然是怕鬼」的话敷衍了事。

to try to change the subject of a conversation; to evade the subject under discussion and talk about other affairs; to steer clear of the crucial point


少々

ja-pos

少(しょう)々(しょう) • (shōshō) ^(←せうせう (seuseu)?)

少々 (canonical)
shōshō (romanization)
seuseu (romanization)
せうせう (hiragana historical)


all in a day's work

A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.

kuuluu toimenkuvaan

a nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.


if the shoe fits

if the shoe fits, wear it
if the shoe fits, wear it#English

(idiomatic) Ellipsis of if the shoe fits, wear it.


驚惶失措

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

цзинхуан шицо

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ sɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰou̯³³/

驚慌失措 驚慌失措#Chinese

惊慌失措 惊慌失措#Chinese

Alternative form of 驚慌失措／惊慌失措 (jīnghuāngshīcuò)


變化多端

ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢ

бяньхуадодуань

/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/

/piːn³³ faː³³ tɔː⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/

/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/

/piːn³³ faː³³ tɔː⁵⁵ tyːn⁵⁵/

varied; changeable; capable of being changed in a variety of ways


變化莫測

ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄘㄜˋ

/pi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/

/piːn³³ faː³³ mɔːk̚² t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/

/piːn³³ faː³³ mɔːk̚² t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/

/piːn³³ faː³³ mɔːk̚² t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/

/piːn³³ faː³³ mɔːk̚² t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/


邯鄲學步

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (邯鄲學步):
* → Korean: 한단학보(邯鄲學步) (handanhakbo)

→ Japanese: 邯鄲の歩み (calque)

ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ

ханьданьсюэбу

/xän³⁵ tän⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹/

/hɔːn²¹ taːn⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² pou̯²²/

/xän³⁵ tän⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu⁵¹/

/hɔːn²¹ taːn⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² pou̯²²/

Go your ways, Sir! And have you not heard of the young learners of Shou-ling, and how they did in Han-dan? Before they had acquired what they might have done in that capital, they had forgotten what they had learned to do in their old city, and were marched back to it on their hands and knees. If now you do not go away, you will forget your old acquirements, and fail in your profession.

Zǐ wǎng yǐ! Qiě zǐ dú bù wén fú shòulíng yúzǐ zhī xué xíng yú Hándān yú? Wèi dé guó néng, yòu shī qí gù xíng yǐ, zhí púfú ér guī ěr. Jīn zǐ bù qù, jiāng wàng zǐ zhī gù, shī zǐ zhī yè.

子往矣！且子獨不聞夫壽陵餘子之學行於邯鄲與？未得國能，又失其故行矣，直匍匐而歸耳。今子不去，將忘子之故，失子之業。

子往矣！且子独不闻夫寿陵余子之学行于邯郸与？未得国能，又失其故行矣，直匍匐而归耳。今子不去，将忘子之故，失子之业。

to study the walking method of the people of Handan

to badly imitate others, and lose one's individuality in the process


怏怏不樂

ㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄜˋ

ㄧㄤ ㄧㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄜˋ

/jɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/jɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/jɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/jɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

to look sullen and unhappy; to seem as though one is unhappy


南轅北轍

ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄜˊ

ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄜˋ

наньюаньбэйчжэ

/nän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

наньюаньбэйчэ

/nän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/

/naːm²¹ jyːn²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

/lam²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

/lam²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɛt̚²⁴/

/lam¹³⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ tiɛt̚¹²¹/

/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ uan²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

/lam²³⁻³³ uan²³⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

/nän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/

/nän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/

/naːm²¹ jyːn²¹ pɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

/lam²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

/lam²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɛt̚²⁴/

/lam¹³⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ tiɛt̚¹²¹/

/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ uan²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

/lam²³⁻³³ uan²³⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tiɛt̚⁴/

The king of Wei was about to attack Handan. Ji Liang heard about it, and turned back in the middle of his journey. He did not straighten the wrinkles in his clothes, nor did he brush the dust off of his head, but went straight to the king. He said, "Today, on the road to the Taihang Mountains, I encountered a man whose carriage was heading north. The man told me, 'I am going to Chu.' I said, 'If you're going to Chu, then why are you facing north?' He said, 'My horse is good.' I said, 'although your horse is good, this is not the road to Chu.' He said, 'I have abundant resources.' I said, 'although you have abundant resources, this is not the road to Chu.' He said, 'My driver is excellent.' I said, 'the better your driver and all the other things, the further from Chu will you be.' At present, the actions of your highness are because you want to become a supreme overlord. Yet, you would like your behavior to be trusted by all under the heavens. Relying on the power of your kingdom and the quality of your soldiers, you attack Handan. In this way, you plan to expand your territories and garner respect for your name. However, the more actions taken by you the king, the further from a king you become. It's akin to traveling north to get to Chu.

Wèi wáng yù gōng Hándān, Jì Liáng wén zhī, zhōng dào ér fǎn, yī jiāo bù shēn, tóu chén bù qù, wǎng jiàn wáng yuē: “Jīn zhě chén lái, jiàn rén yú Tàixíng, fāng běi miàn ér chí qí jià, gào chén yuē: ‘Wú yù zhī Chǔ.’ Chén yuē: ‘Jūn zhī Chǔ, jiāng xī wèi běi miàn?’ Yuē: ‘Wú mǎ liáng.’ Chén yuē: ‘Mǎ suī liáng, cǐ fēi Chǔ zhī lù yě.’ Yuē: ‘Wú yòng duō.’ Chén yuē: ‘Yòng suī duō, cǐ fēi Chǔ zhī lù yě.’ Yuē: ‘Wú yù zhě shàn.’ ‘cǐ shì zhě yù shàn, ér lí Chǔ yù yuǎn ěr.’ Jīn wáng dòng yù chéng bàwáng, jǔ yù xìn yú tiānxià. Shì wángguó zhī dà, bīng zhī jīngruì, ér gōng Hándān, yǐ guǎng dì zūn míng, wáng zhī dòng yù shù, ér lí wáng yù yuǎn ěr. Yóu zhì Chǔ ér běi xíng yě.”

魏王欲攻邯鄲，季梁聞之，中道而反，衣焦不申，頭塵不去，往見王曰：「今者臣來，見人於太行，方北面而持其駕，告臣曰：『吾欲之楚。』臣曰：『君之楚，將奚為北面？』曰：『吾馬良。』臣曰：『馬雖良，此非楚之路也。』曰：『吾用多。』臣曰：『用雖多，此非楚之路也。』曰：『吾御者善。』『此是者愈善，而離楚愈遠耳。』今王動欲成霸王，舉欲信於天下。恃王國之大，兵之精銳，而攻邯鄲，以廣地尊名，王之動愈數，而離王愈遠耳。猶至楚而北行也。」

魏王欲攻邯郸，季梁闻之，中道而反，衣焦不申，头尘不去，往见王曰：「今者臣来，见人于太行，方北面而持其驾，告臣曰：『吾欲之楚。』臣曰：『君之楚，将奚为北面？』曰：『吾马良。』臣曰：『马虽良，此非楚之路也。』曰：『吾用多。』臣曰：『用虽多，此非楚之路也。』曰：『吾御者善。』『此是者愈善，而离楚愈远耳。』今王动欲成霸王，举欲信于天下。恃王国之大，兵之精锐，而攻邯郸，以广地尊名，王之动愈数，而离王愈远耳。犹至楚而北行也。」

south (bound) shafts (of a cart running on) north (bound) ruts (in the road)

to be counterproductive; to run counter to; to work at cross-purposes; to sabotage your own progress; to go off in the wrong direction


wat voor

Afrikaans: watter


dank u wel

/ˌdɑŋk y ˈʋɛl/

[ˌdɑŋk y ˈʋɛl]


どう致しまして

どう致しまして (canonical)
dō itashimashite (romanization)


物換星移

ㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧˊ

у хуань син и

/u⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵/

/mɐt̚² wuːn²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

/u⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯än⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵/

/mɐt̚² wuːn²² sɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/

From Wang Bo's Preface to the Prince Teng's Pavilion

The random clouds’ pond reflection grows daily sad. How many falls have the stars gone round or the beasts all fled?

Xián yún tán yǐng rì yōuyōu, wù huàn xīng yí jǐ dù qiū.

閒雲潭影日悠悠，物換星移幾度秋。

闲云潭影日悠悠，物换星移几度秋。

In time, all these settlements fell under English control, but the region continued to be a magnet for people of diverse nationalities.

2006: anon., :zh:w:美国东北部 (Northeastern United States)

Zài wùhuànxīngyí xià, zhèxiē qūyù zhújiàn de bèi Yīngguó zhímín zhě kòngzhì, dàn cǐ qūyù réngrán yǒu zhù qiángzhuàng de duōyàngxìng.

在物換星移下，這些區域逐漸的被英國殖民者控制，但此區域仍然有著強壯的多樣性。

在物换星移下，这些区域逐渐的被英国殖民者控制，但此区域仍然有著强壮的多样性。

the change that accompanies the passage of time; circumstances change over the years


pardon me

anteeksi

polite expression to get someone to repeat

Pardon me for stepping on your foot.

Pardon me, but that is not true.

(idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction.

valitettavasti

polite expression used to soften a contradiction

Pardon me?, I didn't hear you.

(idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance.


seni seviyorum

Seni seviyorum


HE

(Internet slang) Initialism of how embarrassing.


敢做敢當

ㄍㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄢˇ ㄉㄤ

ганьцзоганьдан

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ t͡sou̯²² kɐm³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ t͡sou̯²² kɐm³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

willing to take action, then live with the consequences


LGM

(US, sports) Initialism of let's go Mets.


WYCIWYG

(Internet, acronym) What you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.

(religion, acronym) What you choose is what you get.


捨近求遠

ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄢˇ

шэцзиньцююань

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛː³⁵ kɐn²² kʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/

/sɛː³⁵ kɐn²² kʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn¹³/

go on a wild goose chase
go on a wild goose chase

to abandon what is close at hand in favor of something far away; to go on a wild goose chase; to vainly pursue the impossible, while ignoring the possible


LVDH

(Internet, slang) Abbreviation of Lees Verdomme De Handleiding. (RTFM)


不可開交

ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄞ ㄐㄧㄠ

/pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

/pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

unable to break away from one's duties or tasks; can't catch a break


禮尚往來

ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄞˊ

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/

/lɐi̯¹³ sœːŋ²² wɔːŋ¹³ lɔːi̯²¹/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/

/lɐi̯¹³ sœːŋ²² wɔːŋ¹³ lɔːi̯²¹/

From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》)

In the highest antiquity they prized (simply conferring) good; in the time next to this, giving and repaying was the thing attended to. And what the rules of propriety value is that reciprocity. If I give a gift and nothing comes in return, that is contrary to propriety; if the thing comes to me, and I give nothing in return, that also is contrary to propriety.

The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Tàishàng guì dé, qícì wù shī bào. Lǐ shàng wǎnglái. Wǎng ér bù lái, fēilǐ yě; lái ér bù wǎng, yì fēilǐ yě.

太上貴德，其次務施報。禮尚往來。往而不來，非禮也；來而不往，亦非禮也。

太上贵德，其次务施报。礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；来而不往，亦非礼也。

to reciprocate the courtesy shown to you by another; to treat others as you would like to be treated

to reciprocate a gift; to give a gift in return


sauve qui peut

Literally, “may he who can, save himself”, or more loosely translated as “save yourself if you can”.

lit

every man for himself
every man for himself

devil take the hindmost
devil take the hindmost

(poetic or literary) every man for himself; devil take the hindmost


putang ina mo

tl-head

putang iná mo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜅ᜔ ᜁᜈ ᜋᜓ)

putang iná mo (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜆᜅ᜔ ᜁᜈ ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌpuː.t̪ɐŋ ʔɪˌn̪a ˈmo]

Literally, “your mother is a whore”. See putang ina & mo (“your”).

Putang ina mo!

–¡Chino habías de ser para ser bueno– dijo al fin Aristóteles en el colmo de la desesperación.
– Y tú putang inamo–concluyó Sian-Co marchándose.
Y así terminó el suceso tan prósperamente comenzado la noche anterior.

1893, Wenceslao Retana, José Feced, La Política de España en Filipinas, Volume 3 (overall work in Spanish), la Viuda de M. Minuesa de los Rios, page 99:

"You had to be to be a good Chinese!", said Aristotle at last in the height of despair.
"And you you son of a bitch", concluded Sian-Co while marching out.
And so ended the event so prosperously begun the night before.

I would pounce out upon him, and before he would cry
“PUTANGINAMO”
(a reprehensible swear-word much used, alas! by those poor heathen),...

1916, Walter H. Young, A Merry Banker in the Far East (and South America) (overall work in English), John Lane, page 59:

–Hoy, putang-ina mo, e, kailangan pa bang magpaputok ka?
–Awat ka na, Ka Emong, wala pa tayong laban ngayon. Konting lamig!

1978, Edel E. Garcellano, Ficcion, Tamaraw Publishing Company, page 90:

–Hey, you son of a bitch, eh, did you need to shoot?
–Stop it already, Comrade Emong, we don't have the capacity to fight yet. A little cooling off!

"The accused, here, an eleven-year-old boy, shot the offended party who caught him shooting at the latter's mango fruits. The accused further uttered the words " Putang ina mo, mabuti matikman mo." It was held that the first part of the remark clearly manifested the perverted character of the accused and the second part reflected his satisfaction.

1979, Philippine Law Journal, volume 54 (overall work in English), College of Law, University of the Philippines, page 109:

"The accused, here, an eleven-year-old boy, shot the offended party who caught him shooting at the latter's mango fruits. The accused further uttered the words " Fuck you, it's good you got a taste." It was held that the first part of the remark clearly manifested the perverted character of the accused and the second part reflected his satisfaction.

Putang'ina mo, Tang'inamo, Hinayupak kang putang'ina mo ka! Tang'inang load expired na. Bull shit! Ano bang gustong mangyari ng ex ko? Bakit hindi siya tumutupad sa pangako niya? Halik, 'yung halik na 'yun para kanino 'yun? Bakit niya ...

2014, Taga Imus, Sa Celfone: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 23:

Fuck you, Fuck you, you animal son of a bitch! The fucking load is expired now. Bullshit! What is my ex expecting? Why is he not fulfilling his promise? That kiss, is that for whom? Why did he...

(derogatory, offensive) expression to show discontent or contempt with the other party: your mother is a whore; you son of a bitch; fuck you

... na mataras na nag-utos, Nasaan ang putang ina mo! At ito'y naintindihan rin niya nang bigla nitong daluhungin ang kanyang ina na kalalabas pa lamang sa banyo, sapusapo ang tiyan (H'wag po! Maawa kayo sa'kin.

1978, Edel E. Garcellano, Ficcion, Tamaraw Publishing Company, page 26:

... sharply commanded, Where is your whore of a mother?! And this he also understood when he suddenly assaulted his mother who just came out of the bathroom, holding her stomach (Pls no! Take pity on me.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see putang ina, mo.


vare

Vem vare som kasta[de]?

Who threw it? ("Who was it that threw?")

(colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of "var det" (was it, it was).


takav je život

sh-phrase

takav je život (Cyrillic spelling такав је живот)

такав је живот (Cyrillic)

Naravno da nisam sretan, ali je takav život.

Of course I’m not happy, but such is life.

such is life (used to express of acceptance of misfortune)


水深

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

水深危險！

水深危险！

(literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 水 (shuǐ), 深 (shēn).

There are a lot of hidden goings-on in this industry.

做這行水很深。

做这行水很深。

(figuratively) having hidden goings-on; having shady plots


yw

(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of you're welcome.


quod erat demonstrandum

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quod erat demonstrandum (plural quae erant demonstranda)

Borrowed from Latin quod erat dēmōnstrandum (“that which was to be proved”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, “precisely what was required to be proved”).

der

ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι

(something) which was to be proved; which was to be demonstrated.


quod erat demonstrandum

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quod erat dēmōnstrandum (plural quae erant dēmōnstranda)

quod erat dēmōnstrandum (canonical)
quae erant dēmōnstranda (plural)

[ˈkʷɔd̪ɛräd̪ːeːmõːs̠ˈt̪rän̪d̪ʊ̃ˑ]

Calque of Ancient Greek ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι (hóper édei deîxai, literally “(that) which was to be demonstrated”).

cal

ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι


quod erat demonstrandum

quod erat demonstrandum
quod erat demonstrandum#English

quod erat demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated)


fuck knows

Probably a shortening of "who the fuck knows"

Fuck knows what we'll do now the car's broken down.

(idiomatic, vulgar, followed by a wh-clause) I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear.


RA

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (RA) is known as the Father of Pakistan.

rahmatu 'llahi alayh
rahmatu 'llahi alayh#English

رحمة الله عليه
رحمة الله عليه#Arabic

Initialism of rahmatu 'llahi alayh, that is Arabic رحمة الله عليه (“God have mercy on him”), a eulogy used by Muslims in reference to honoured deceased.


God knows

Don't touch that! God knows who else put their hands on that thing!

[…] Origen himself does not say this. His words are simply, "Who wrote it [i.e. penned it down], God knows, ἡ δὲ εἰς ἡμᾶς φθάσασα ἱστορία", but a report has come to us, that it was either Clement or Luke.

1837, Moses Stuart, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, 4th edition, page 73:

I paid the rent, washed your clothes / Cooked your food and only God knows / Only God knows why I stay with you / I guess I'm in love

1994, Daryl Simmons & Babyface (lyrics and music), “Willing to Forgive”, performed by Aretha Franklin:

So, you want my father to pay for this? – You saw him. He was fiddling with the engine. God knows what he did there.

1995, Tom Gammill and Max Pross, “The Gum”, in Seinfeld, season 7, episode 10 (television production):

It is only known to God; it is unknown to people.

اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم

Only known to God; only known to the gods

God knows many kids don't like going to school!

[…] those therefore that appeal to him^([sic]) upon every trivial occasion, and with a slightly superficial God knows, while they never think of God, nor have any regard to his^([sic]) knowledge, profane his^([sic]) name by taking it in vain[…]

1700 August 8, Matthew Henry, “A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the New Meeting-House at Chester”, in Misc. Works, published 1830, page 1134:

I have my faults, God knows, and I may even be among the first to admit them, but to this very day I know in my bones that I'm a much better person than He is.

No, no, no. Don't do it. Don't do it! For my sake! God knows I don't ask you for much! Now, come on. Please, Jerry. Please! I'm beggin' ya! Please! Come on! Please!

1992, Larry David, “The Contest”, in Seinfeld, season 4, episode 11 (television production):

(often modifying a parenthetic concession) It is known unto God; it is certainly true.


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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

Spoken by Neil Armstrong when he first stepped onto the surface of the Moon. Armstrong intended to say "one small step for a man", but misspoke.http://www.snopes.com/quotes/onesmall.asp

(idiomatic) (used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone.


IDGI

(text messaging) Initialism of I don't get it. Used to express confusion.


আমি তোমাকে ভালবাসি

আমি তোমাকে ভালবাসি

আমি তোমাকে ভালবাসি • (ami tōmake bhalbaśi)


лить как из ведра

ru-verb

ли́ть как из ведра́

ли́ть как из ведра́ • (lítʹ kak iz vedrá) impf

ли́ть как из ведра́ (canonical)
lítʹ kak iz vedrá (romanization)

дождь льёт как из ведра́


arv

Allah rahatlık versin
Allah rahatlık versin#Turkish

(text messaging) Initialism of Allah rahatlık versin.


bbiaf

(Internet slang) Initialism of (I'll) be back in a few (minutes).


bbiafm

(text messaging, Internet slang) Initialism of be back in a few minutes.


win-win

Unadapted borrowing from English win-win.


blind leading the blind

The phrase can be traced back to The Upanishads, written between 800 BCE and 200 BCE.
: Abiding in the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, fools go aimlessly hither and thither, like blind led by the blind. - Katha Upanishad
A similar expression exists in the Buddhist Pali Canon, composed in North India, and preserved orally until it was committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka in 29 BCE.
The expression appears in Horace: Caecus caeco dux ("the blind leader of the blind"). Horace was a leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE)
The saying appears in the King James Version of the Bible (1611), Gospel of Matthew, 15:14:
: Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Grandma teaching you to drive is like the blind leading the blind.

"The Lord preserve us from evil times. . . . Without his grace, we are the blind leading the blind."

1843, James Fenimore Cooper, “5:”, in Wyandotte:

"I have been giving them some good advice."
"Good advice!" laughed Janet. "Between you and Jamie Logan, it is the blind leading the blind, and nothing better."

1896, Amelia E. Barr, chapter 2, in A Knight of the Nets:

Instructor George Breathitt asked an audience of 300 computer enthusiasts in Louisville, Kentucky, how many seniors in the group would like to teach other seniors about computers. A younger member of the audience quipped disdainfully, "Wouldn't that be the blind leading the blind?"

1995 March 1, John F. Dickerson, “Aging: Never Too Old”, in Time, retrieved 2014-08-04:

Look, we're as fucked-up as you are. It's like the blind leading the blind.

1999 August 29, Jenny Bicks, “Games People Play”, in Sex and the City, season 2, episode 13, spoken by Samantha:

(idiomatic) A situation in which an unqualified person is attempting to guide, advise, or train others.


五陵年少

ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄠˋ

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ liŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

From the Bai Juyi poem: Song of the Pipa Player.

Yin Hsueh-yen somehow never seemed to age. Of those fashionable young men who had been her admirers more than a dozen years ago in Shanghai's Paramount Ballroom, some had grown bald on top and some were graying at the temples.

1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, The Eternal Snow Beauty, Taipei People bilingual edition, →ISBN.

Yǐn Xuěyàn zǒng yě bù lǎo. Shí jǐ nián qián nà yī bān zài Shànghǎi Bǎilèmén wǔtīng tì tā pěngchǎng de wǔlíngniánshào, yǒuxiē tóu shàng kāi le dǐng, yǒuxiē bìn tiān le shuāng.

尹雪艷總也不老。十幾年前那一班在上海百樂門舞廳替他捧場的五陵年少，有些頭上開了頂，有些鬢添了霜。

尹雪艳总也不老。十几年前那一班在上海百乐门舞厅替他捧场的五陵年少，有些头上开了顶，有些鬓添了霜。


BBB

(politics) Initialism of build(ing) back better.


BBB

beir bua agus beannacht
beir bua agus beannacht#Irish


lukim yu bihain pukpuk

Calque of English see you later alligator.

calque

see you later alligator
see you later alligator


det var en gang

Literally "there was once", or, even more literally: "it was one time".


vær så snill

From vær (“be”, imperative of være) + så (“so”) + snill (“kind”).

compound

imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv">være</i>


snakker du engelsk

do you speak English
do you speak English


jeg er forelsket i deg

I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you


see you later, alligator

From the song See You Later, Alligator (1955), chosen for the rhyme.

Didn't know you were sick, Whitey, thought you were like […] some of the other times. From the top stair, See you later, alligator.

1955, Judson Jerome, Nolan Miller, New Campus Writings:


har du sett på maken

Golly, well, I never (literally, "have you ever seen the like!")


to go

(Netherlands, nonstandard) to go; appended to noun phrases to indicate takeaway meals or takeaway establishments


雞蛋裡挑骨頭

鸡蛋里挑骨头
雞蛋裏挑骨頭

ㄐㄧ ㄉㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ

ㄐㄧ ㄉㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ

цзидань ли тяо гутоу

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tän⁵¹ li¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ taːn²²⁻³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/kɐi̯⁵⁵ taːn²² lɵy̯¹³ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

On the one hand, they grant you extensive power—or at least they say that they want to do that; on the other hand, they nitpick at the area most important in your work, the one that you pay most attention to, causing you to be at a loss of what to do.

2002, 罗伯特·布兰森博士 [Robert M. Bramson], 陈述 and 周欣, trans., 《怎样应付难缠的老板》 [Coping with Difficult Bosses], page 103

Tāmen yīfāngmiàn shòuyǔ nǐ guǎngfàn de quánlì — huòzhě zhìshào tāmen shuō yào zhèyàng zuò, yīfāngmiàn yòu zài nǐ gōngzuò zhōng zuì zhòngyào érqiě nǐ yòu zuìwéi guānzhù de lǐngyù jīdàn li tiǎo gǔtou, lìng nǐ wúsuǒshìcóng.

他們一方面授予你廣泛的權力——或者至少他們說要這樣做，一方面又在你工作中最重要而且你又最為關注的領域雞蛋裡挑骨頭，令你無所適從。

他们一方面授予你广泛的权力——或者至少他们说要这样做，一方面又在你工作中最重要而且你又最为关注的领域鸡蛋里挑骨头，令你无所适从。


獨一無二

/tu³⁵ i⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ jiː²²/

/tɔk̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ bu²³⁻³³ zi³³/

/tɔk̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/

/tu³⁵ i⁵⁵ u³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/

/tʊk̚² jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ jiː²²/

/tɔk̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ bu²³⁻³³ zi³³/

/tɔk̚⁴⁻³² it̚³²⁻⁴ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/

unique; unparalleled; unmatched; singular


cheaper by the dozen

(idiomatic) Describing things are handled more efficiently as a group, rather than individually.


no harm, no foul

From informal instances of sports, in which a foul is a formal violation of the rules.

He parked in my space, but I was away at the time: no harm, no foul.

Although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred, there was no actual damage meriting punishment, apology or retribution.


don't mention it

- Thank you for doing that.
- Don't mention it.

A polite way of responding to thanks, by suggesting that the service is too trivial or humble to warrant thanks; you're welcome.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see don't, mention, it.


chance'd be a fine thing

An ellipsis of even having a chance [to do so / at that] would be a fine thing and similar ideas, in reference to something that is either completely impossible or currently forbidden by circumstances, higher authorities, etc., originally chiefly with regard to opportunities to have sex or get married.

Mrs Hawthon: Why didn't you get wed if you were so curious? There's plenty would have had you.
Fanny: Chance is a fine thing. Happen I wouldn't have had them!
Mrs Hawthorn: Happen you'll be sorry for it before long. There's not so many will have you now, if this gets about.

1912, Stanley Houghton, Hindle Wakes, act I, scene i:

Come on. You're management, Corrigan. Get it sorted.
Right. Chance would be a fine thing. [VO] That's a thing people say, isn't it...
Mark, can't you reset it?
Chance would be a fine thing, Lisa.
I know what you should do. Coffee run. Corrigan, 200 lattes.
Good, good one Jeff. Chance would be a fine thing, a fine thing indeed. [VO] Hmm. Saying that too often now.

2009 September 18, Jesse Armstrong & al., Peep Show, Season 6, Episode 1

Dr Clarkson: Sit down and put your feet up if you can.
Mrs Patmore: Oh, chance'd be a fine thing.

2012 September 23, Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey, Season 3, Episode 2

Me winning the lotto? Chance'd be a fine thing.

(British, idiomatic) Synonym of no chance or fat chance with a somewhat more cheerful attitude.


the nose knows

(informal, idiomatic) Despite the addressee's belief that the speaker was unaware of something, the speaker, in fact, was already aware.


и тому подобное

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и тому́ подо́бное

и тому́ подо́бное • (i tomú podóbnoje)

и тому́ подо́бное (canonical)
i tomú podóbnoje (romanization)
и тому́ подо́бное (nominative singular)
и тому́ подо́бного (genitive singular)
и тому́ подо́бному (dative singular)
и тому́ подо́бное (accusative singular)
и тому́ подо́бным (instrumental singular)
и тому́ подо́бном (prepositional singular)

and so on, and the like, and that kind of thing


et tu, Brute

Borrowed from Latin et tū, Brūte (literally “and you, Brutus”). Used figuratively from 1591 (sometimes jocularly) to express shock and sadness at the treachery of a good friend. Although apparently an Elizabethan invention, a “genuine antique reproduction”, it appears to have been well known in England before its use in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

bor

[Prince Edward:] Et tu Brute, wilt thou stab Cæsar too? A parlie sirra to George of Clarence.

1591, William Shakespeare (disputed), “The True Tragedie of Richard Duke of York, and the Death of Good King Henrie the Sixt”, in Alexander Dyce, Robert Dodsley, Thomas Amyot, editors, A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays, volume IV, Shakespeare Society, published 1853, page 176:

[Casca stabs Cæsar in the Neck. Cæsar catches hold of his Arm. He is then stabbed by several other Conspirators, and at last by Marcus Brutus.]
Cæsar: Et Tu Brute?—Then fall, Cæsar.
[Dies. The senators and people retire in confusion.]

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 119, column 1:

And that is the reason why a young buck with an intelligent looking calf's head before him, is somehow one of the saddest sights you can see. The head looks a sort of reproachfully at him, with an “Et tu Brute!” expression.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

“Oh, Gilbert, not you,” implored Anne, in an et-tu Brute tone. “I thought you would understand. Can’t you see how awful it is?”

1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC:

Barney Custer turned his incredulous eyes upon the lieutenant. “Et tu, Brute?” he cried in anguished accents, letting his head fall back into the girl’s lap. He found it very comfortable there indeed.

1926, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mad King:

But according to the Oxford editor of Julius Caesar, ‘Et tu, Brute’ had probably already become a popular tag by the time of True Tragedy [see 1591 cite], readily understood by English speakers just as it is today.

[2002, Randall Martin, editor, Henry VI, Part Three, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, footnote, page 112:

"Et tu, Brute?" (3.1.76). This familiar but strange, strangely familiar, anachronistic foreign language at the heart of Julius Caesar is the only Latin in all of Shakespeare's so-called Roman plays.

[2006, Maria Wyke, Julius Caesar in Western Culture, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, page 223:

"You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expressing a recognition of betrayal.

Julius Caesar (play)
Shakespeare's Ghost Writers
et tu, Brute?


itt

(Internet slang) Initialism of in this thread or initialism of in this topic.


nietu

Ysze Hanna bila w dzirzenyv zastawy they... we czthirzech grziwnach, yescze roku nethu

1901 [1424], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume II, Radom, Sandomierz, Opoczno, page 302:

(attested in Lesser Poland) there is no, there are no [with genitive ‘what’]


как поживаешь

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как пожива́ешь?

как пожива́ешь? • (kak poživáješʹ?)

как пожива́ешь (canonical)
kak poživáješʹ? (romanization)


как поживаете

как пожива́ете?

как пожива́ете? • (kak poživájete?)

как пожива́ете (canonical)
kak poživájete? (romanization)


как дела

как дела́? • (kak delá?)

как дела ́ (canonical)
kak delá? (romanization)

[ˈkaɡ dʲɪˈɫa]

(familiar) how are you?; how is it going?

какъ дѣла́ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


握手言合

ㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄜˊ

/wɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

/wɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

It was really shameful how he stabbed me in the back and maliciously hurt me, even after we had already concluded our talks and reconciled.

Zài tánpàn jiéshù wòshǒuyánhé hòu, tā yòu fànglěngjiàn èyì zhòngshāng wǒ, zhēn shì bēibǐwúchǐ.

在談判結束握手言合後，他又放冷箭惡意中傷我，真是卑鄙無恥。

在谈判结束握手言合后，他又放冷箭恶意中伤我，真是卑鄙无耻。


Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain: a workplace discipline used to ensure reliable work practices and a clean working environment, now used in the West but originally from Japan.


tala om trollen

Short for "När man talar om trollen, står de i farstun" (When one speaks of the trolls, they're out in the hallway).


cheese it

Unknown, but lexicographer Eric Partridge speculated that it may be a corruption of cease. Originally thieves' cant.
In his Vocabulary of the Flash Language, author and former convict James Hardy Vaux (1782-?) defined cheese it as synonymous with stash it and stow it, all meaning to desist or leave off.

Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our discourse.

1811, Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke, Lexicon Balatronicum:

[…] he holds earnest parley with some members of the upper gallery who are beguiling the time by pelting us with nut-shells, and broken pipes. Two or three 'hallos!' and 'now thens!' accompanied by a strong recommendation to 'cheese it' (i. e., act of cessation), cause these trifling annoyances to cease.

1859, George Augustus Henry Sala, “Strollers at Dumbledowndeary”, in Gaslight and Daylight, page 328:

The defence of Mr. Conover was so prompt and admirable that the conflict was protracted until the onlookers unselfishly gave the warning cry of "Cheese it—the cop!" The principals escaped easily by running through the nearest open doors into the communicating backyards at the rear of the houses.

1908, O. Henry, The Voice of the City, page 154:

Knowing that Bobbie would be on sentry-go made all the difference. Any gangster will tell you that the strain and anxiety of busting a safe are greatly diminished if you've a look-out man ready at any moment to say “Cheese it, the cops!”

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:

(slang, dated, British) An imperative used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee


apropos of nothing

aprovechando que el Pisuerga pasa por Valladolid


sekä ... että

sekä suuret että pienet


hyvää yötä

/ˈhyʋæː ˈyø̯tæ/

[ˈhyʋæː ˈyø̞t̪æ]


эпӗ сана юрататӑп

эпĕ сана юрататăп

эпĕ сана юрататăп • (epĕ sana jurat̬atăp)

эпĕ сана юрататăп (canonical)
epĕ sana jurat̬atăp (romanization)


dym

(Internet slang) Initialism of dig your message.

(Internet slang) Initialism of do you mind.

(Internet slang) Initialism of do/did you mean.


co ma piernik do wiatraka

Literally, “what does a gingerbread have to do with a windmill?”.

lit

(humorous, idiomatic) what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?


non nobis solum

"Not for ourselves alone;" a motto indicating an ideal of unselfishness, and of a betterment of the self in order to help others.


venire contra factum proprium

venīre contrā factum prōprium (canonical)

(law) contradiction to one’s own previous conduct (which is detrimental for who exposes it by jeopardising his claims or entitling the adversary to one against him)


quand on parle du loup

Ellipsis of quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue (literally “when you speak of the wolf, you'll see his tail”).

ellipsis

speak of the devil (an expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene)


to the

Two to the fourth equals sixteen.
= Two to the fourth power equals sixteen.
= Two to the four equals sixteen.
= (Two to the power of four equals sixteen.)

=Ten to the four

Ten to the minus four (1/10,000)

Ten to the zero (1)

(mathematics) Short for to the power of or to the ... (nth) power.

J to the L-O

(slang) used in rap songs between the letters of a word being spelled


don't give up your day job

"I remember after the school was over," he said, "I went up to the instructor just completely wound up like: ‘O.K. man, how do I do this and become a real racecar driver? I want to quit my job and do this.’ . . . And he goes: ‘Other Sports Beckon. You suck. Don't give up your day job.’ "

2006 July 3, Viv Bernstein, “Said Makes His Case for Success in Nascar”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-11:

(idiomatic, often humorous) Somewhat sarcastic but usually good-natured advice used to criticise a person's degree of talent (especially in music or other performing arts), implying that they are unlikely to be successful.


quis custodiet ipsos custodes

quis cū̆stōdiet ipsōs cū̆stōdēs (canonical)

/kʷis kusˈtoː.di.et ˈip.soːs kusˈtoː.deːs/

[kʷɪs̠ kʊs̠ˈt̪oːd̪iɛt̪ ˈɪps̠oːs̠ kʊs̠ˈt̪oːd̪eːs̠]

[kwis kusˈt̪ɔːd̪iet̪ ˈipsos kusˈt̪ɔːd̪es]

/kʷis kuːsˈtoː.di.et ˈip.soːs kuːsˈtoː.deːs/

[kʷɪs̠ kuːs̠ˈt̪oːd̪iɛt̪ ˈɪps̠oːs̠ kuːs̠ˈt̪oːd̪eːs̠]

audio quid ueteres olim moneatis amici, 'pone seram, cohibe.' sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? cauta est et ab illis incipit uxor.

late 1st or early 2nd century CE, Juvenal, Satura VI, lines 347–348:

I hear always the admonishment of my friends: "Bolt her in, constrain her!" But who will guard the guardians? The wife plans ahead and begins with them.

“Who guards the guards?”, “Who watches the watchers?”


wat is er aan de hand

what is the problem at hand? What is going on?


jne.

/ˈjiːˌænˌeː/

[ˈjiːˌænˌe̞ː]

ja niin edelleen
ja niin edelleen#Finnish

Initialism of ja niin edelleen (“etc.”).


yé

(Quebec, colloquial) he's, it's: contraction of il est.


UB

Sexual affair ¶ Short or long term. I’m 34, lk. 28, well built, small, 150 lbs, 5’10”, married. UB well kept and care about yourself, married, single, young or old.

1996 October 4, “Variations”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume 25, number 40, Boston, Mass.: The Phoenix Media/Communications Group, Adult Services, page 3:

(in personal ads) Abbreviation of you be.


вы говорите по-английски

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вы говори́те по-англи́йски?

вы говори́те по-англи́йски? • (vy govoríte po-anglíjski?)

вы говори́те по-англи́йски (canonical)
vy govoríte po-anglíjski? (romanization)

[vɨ ɡəvɐˈrʲitʲe pɐ‿ɐnˈɡlʲijskʲɪ]

en-вы_говорите_по-английски-ru-phrase-MVFCE83Q


mee eens

-Ik vind Jan aardig
-Mee eens!
-I find John friendly
-Agreed!

Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker; agreed

Ik vind Jan aardig, mee eens?

(in questions) Used to ask if the spoken to agree(s) with the speaker.


கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்

கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் • (kiṟistumas nalvāḻttukkaḷ)

/kɪrɪst̪ʊmɐs n̪ɐlʋaːɻt̪ːʊkːɐɭ/

en-கிறிஸ்துமஸ்_நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்-ta-phrase-Yij3hCa3


FIA

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of fuck it all.


顧名思義

ㄍㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄙ ㄧˋ

/ku⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

/kuː³³ mɪŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ jiː²²/

/ku⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ i⁵¹/

/kuː³³ mɪŋ²¹ siː⁵⁵ jiː²²/


بفرمایید

Second person polite (or plural) subjunctive or imperative form of فرمودن (farmudan, “to order, command”). Literally "may you command".

what can I do for you
what can I do for you


stava som en kråka

Literally: to "spell like a crow (does)".

(simile) (usually self-mockingly) to spell badly; to make many spelling mistakes


skriva som en kråka

(simile) to have difficult-to-read hand-writing


摸著石頭過河——走一步算一步

摸著石頭過河——走一步算一步

摸着石头过河——走一步算一步

To feel the rocks (on the riverbed) as one crosses the river ― taking one step at a time.

ㄇㄛ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

ㄗㄡˇ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ

zǒu yībù suàn yībù [Phonetic:mō zhe shítou guò hé

мо чжэ шитоу го хэ

цзоу ибу суань ибу

/mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə² ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ su̯än⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹/

(xiehouyu) to figure things out as one goes; to take things one step at a time


TBH

Alternative form: tbh

TBH (To be honest), I skip a lot of it too. But did read it for a while.

1991 June 17, Bill Biesty, “Re: Stop silliness about justification for vegetarianism”, in rec.food.veg (Usenet), retrieved 2016-07-04, message-ID <1991Jun17.211640.29488@ide.com>:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of to be honest.


NLP

Mais monsieur le procureur vous avez rien compris. NLP ça voulait pas dire Nique la police. Ça voulait dire Nique le procureur. Cet affront au procureur fait, aujourd’hui encore, frémir les membres de ma famille quand ils racontent cette histoire Il avait des couilles celui-là.

2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

But sir, you don't understand. FTP didn't mean "fuck the police". It meant "fuck the prosecutor". To this day, this insult to the prosecutor makes my family members shudder when they tell that story He had balls, that one.

(vulgar, derogatory) Initialism of nique la police.


أحبك

أُحِبُّكَ • (ʔuḥibbuka)

أُحِبُّكَ (canonical)
ʔuḥibbuka (romanization)

From the verb أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba, “to love”).


أحبك

أُحِبُّكِ • (ʔuḥibbuki)

أُحِبُّكِ (canonical)
ʔuḥibbuki (romanization)


أحبك

أَحُبَّك • (ʼaḥubbak)

أَحُبَّك (canonical)
ʼaḥubbak (romanization)


أحبك

أَحُبِّك • (ʼaḥubbik)

أَحُبِّك (canonical)
ʼaḥubbik (romanization)


供不應求

ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɪŋ³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jɪŋ³³ kʰɐu̯²¹/


el día que las vacas vuelen

(idiomatic) that'll be the day; never; when pigs fly


с наступающим Новым годом

с наступа́ющим Но́вым го́дом!

с наступа́ющим Но́вым го́дом! • (s nastupájuščim Nóvym gódom!)

с наступа́ющим Но́вым го́дом ! (canonical)
s nastupájuščim Nóvym gódom! (romanization)

en-с_наступающим_Новым_годом-ru-phrase-T8MM9QLf


一知半解

ㄧ ㄓ ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³³ kaːi̯³⁵/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² puan²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puan¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puan²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴¹/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴¹/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ puːn³³ kaːi̯³⁵/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² puan²¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puan¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puan²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴¹/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ kai⁵³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ kai⁴¹/

The most ridiculous person in the world is the “know all” who picks up a smattering of hearsay knowledge and proclaims themselves “the world's Number One authority”; this merely shows that they have not taken a proper measure of themselves.

1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

Shìshàng zuì kěxiào de shì nàxiē “zhīshi lǐshǒu”, yǒu le dàotīngtúshuō de yīzhībànjiě, biàn zìfēng wéi “tiānxiàdìyī”, shì zújiàn qí bùzìliàng éryǐ.

世上最可笑的是那些「知識裡手」，有了道聽塗說的一知半解，便自封為「天下第一」，適足見其不自量而已。

世上最可笑的是那些「知识里手」，有了道听涂说的一知半解，便自封为「天下第一」，适足见其不自量而已。

to sort of understand; to only halfway understand; to be unsure of the meaning (of a word or phrase)


et alia

From Latin et (“and”) + alia (“others”).

And others; used of things; neuter plural


et aliae

From Latin et (“and”) + aliae (“others”).

And others; used of females; feminine plural.


et alios

/ˌɛt ˈɑːliɒs/

From Latin et (“and”) + alios (“others”).

And others; used of people, unless exclusively of female gender


et alii

And others; used of males, or groups of mixed gender; masculine plural


et alibi

From Latin et (“and”) + alibi (“elsewhere”).

and elsewhere; used to terminate lists of passages in a text


異口同聲

ㄧˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄥ

/i⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/jiː²² hɐu̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/i²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/i³³⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/

/i³³⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴/

/i⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/jiː²² hɐu̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/i²²⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/i³³⁻²¹ kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴/

/i³³⁻¹¹ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴/

to speak with one voice; to say the same thing; to carry identical opinions; to be unanimous


с Рождеством Христовым

с Рождество́м Христо́вым

с Рождество́м Христо́вым • (s Roždestvóm Xristóvym)

с Рождество́м Христо́вым (canonical)
s Roždestvóm Xristóvym (romanization)

en-с_Рождеством_Христовым-ru-phrase-Yij3hCa3


o/b/o

Initialism of offered by owner (commonly seen in real estate sales advertisements)


莫名其妙

to be impossible to describe what the profundity is

ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/mɔːk̚² mɪŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹ miːu̯²²/

/bɔk̚²⁴⁻² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau⁴¹/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ biau³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ biau³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau²²/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miãu³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ miãu³³/

/mok̚⁴⁻² meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miou³⁵/

/moʔ¹¹ min³³ d͡ʑi²² miɔ⁴⁴/

/mu̯ɔ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/mɔːk̚² mɪŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹ miːu̯²²/

/bɔk̚²⁴⁻² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau⁴¹/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ biau³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ biau³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau²²/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miãu³³/

/bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ miãu³³/

/mok̚⁴⁻² meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miou³⁵/

/moʔ¹¹ min³³ d͡ʑi²² miɔ⁴⁴/


明けましておめでとう

明けましておめでとう (canonical)
akemashite omedetō (romanization)

Happy New Year, used on and after New Year's Day.


事不過三

ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄢ

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵/

There will not be a fourth time. / One should not make the same action or mistake more than three times.


пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь

пролета́рии всех стран, соединя́йтесь!

пролета́рии всех стран, соединя́йтесь! • (proletárii vsex stran, sojedinjájtesʹ!)

пролета́рии всех стран (canonical)
соединя́йтесь ! (canonical)
proletárii vsex stran (romanization)
sojedinjájtesʹ! (romanization)

[prəlʲɪˈtarʲɪɪ ˈfsʲex ˈstran | sə(j)ɪdʲɪˈnʲæjtʲɪsʲ]

workers of the world, unite
workers of the world, unite

en-пролетарии_всех_стран,_соединяйтесь-ru-phrase-o8JTh-53


花心蘿蔔

ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛ

хуасинь лобо

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³/

/faː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ paːk̚²/

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ b̥u̯ɔ³/

/faː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ paːk̚²/


будет дождь

бу́дет дождь?

бу́дет дождь? • (búdet doždʹ?)

бу́дет дождь (canonical)
búdet doždʹ? (romanization)


tl;dr

too long; didn't read
too long; didn't read#English

(chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of too long; didn't read. Used to indicate that one did not read a (long) text.

too long

How I got to be an atheist is a fairly long and winding story, so I'll give you the “tl;dr” version—I was finally honest about myself that “the gods” just “weren't there.”

Incidentally, my absolutely favourite headline about the Duchess of Sussex’s new coat of arms was: “Will Meghan Markle’s new California-inspired coat of arms convince millennials to embrace traditional heraldry?” Tl;dr, no!

2018 May 30, Hadley Freeman, “The meaning of beige tights: they show what the Windsors will do to Meghan”, in The Guardian:

(chiefly Internet slang) Initialism of too long; didn't read. Used to introduce a short summary of an overly long text.


tl;dr

2013 July 15, "Martin" (username), "Valg? Air, Pro el. iMac", in dk.edb.mac
tl;dr
Macbook Pro + 1-2 skærme evt. kombineret med en iPad til de "korte" rejser.
tl;dr

MacBook Pro + 1-2 screens, possibly combined with an iPad for "short" trips.

2014 September 30, "mortenhansen1990" (username), "Hjælpedag d. 11 oktober", in Aros LMU
tl;dr: tilmelding hjælpedag 11 oktober

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

tl;dr: I don't know anything about it and I wonder why I haven't been "force-fed" information about the event over the last couple of months, such that I might actually have a shot at figuring out what it is about. :)

2014 April 16, "Anders Christensen" (username), "OSAAs Stand til Mini Maker Faire", in Open Space Aarhus tl;dr: Jeg ved ikke noget om det og undrer mig over at jeg ikke er blevet "tvangsfodret" med information om arrangementet igennem de sidste par måneder så jeg faktisk havde en chance for at lure hvad det går ud på. :)


打落水狗

ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄡˇ

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taː³⁵ lɔːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

/taː³⁵ lɔːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

to hit an enemy when he is down or defeated


я говорю по-английски

я говорю́ по-англи́йски

я говорю́ по-англи́йски • (ja govorjú po-anglíjski)

я говорю́ по-англи́йски (canonical)
ja govorjú po-anglíjski (romanization)

en-я_говорю_по-английски-ru-phrase-rVYNk1fI


что за чёрт

что́ за чёрт

что́ за чёрт • (štó za čort)

что́ за чёрт (canonical)
štó za čort (romanization)

[ˈʂto zɐ‿ˈt͡ɕɵrt]


какого чёрта

како́го чёрта

како́го чёрта • (kakóvo čórta)

како́го чёрта (canonical)
kakóvo čórta (romanization)

Ru-какого чёрта.ogg


all duck or no dinner

Probably derived from shoot duck or no dinner.


молоко на губах не обсохло

молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло

молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло • (molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo)

молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло (canonical)
molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo (romanization)

[məɫɐˈko nə‿ɡʊˈbax nʲɪ‿ɐpˈsoxɫə]

Literally, “the milk has not dried on the lips”.

lit

У него́ ещё молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло! ― U nevó ješčó molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo! ― He’s a greenhorn, for sure!

en-молоко_на_губах_не_обсохло-ru-phrase-caGExHiT


FYA

(business) Initialism of for your action (commonly used in corporate e-mail forwarding).

for your action

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of fuck you all.


vive ut vivas

[ˈu̯iːu̯ɛ ʊt̪ ˈu̯iːu̯äːs̠]

(literally) "live that you may live". One should live a very full life, without fear of a possible future consequences.

live life to the fullest
live life to the fullest

"live that you may live forever."https://web.archive.org/web/20120622192315/http://www.family-crests.com/translationofover500commonmottos.aspx


balloon goes up

/bəˌluːn ɡəʊz ˈʌp/

Probably from the releasing of a balloon as a signal for an event to begin, possibly popularized by the use of balloons by the British Army during World War I (1914–1918) as a signal for artillery fire to commence.

― When is your job interview?
― The balloon goes up at 10 tomorrow.

‘You tell Alfonso..that one more break like that will give him a good swift start for Spain.’..‘In brief, Alfonso, cut out the musical extras or your balloon goes up.’

1909, Putnam's Magazine, quoted in OED ⎥ Oxford English Dictionary online, retrieved 2024-08-22:

This was the moment when he must put his fortune to the test, to win or lose it all. Now or never must the balloon go up.

1932 August 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 16, in Hot Water, Woodstock, New York, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, published 1983, →ISBN, page 209:

”Time’s up, my chickens!” “What time?” said Fanny. “Why, the truce, of course!” said Harry. “You’ve had your twenty-four hours and longer. After dinner tonight the balloon goes up.” And go up it did.

1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 73:

Mr. Addabbo. […] But TACFIRE, because it is big and noisy and radiates heat, is vulnerable. If the balloon goes up TACFIRE won't last long. It is also very old technology. / […] General Keith. […] What I am saying is if the balloon goes up tomorrow, we will have something over the next few years to greatly enhance the efficiency of our field artillery. […] I cannot tell you when we will be able to say when the balloon goes up we have got something that is that much better.

1980 April 15, Joseph P[atrick] Addabbo (chairman, Subcommittee on the Department of Defense), Donald R[aymond] Keith (witness), “Army Research and Development”, in Department of Defense Appropriations for 1981: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session […] Part 3: Research, Development, and Acquisition, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 681:

(idiomatic) Chiefly preceded by the: something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins.


badyti akis

badyti akis literally (canonical)
to poke the eyes (canonical)


panosė šlapia

panosė šlapia wet under the nose (canonical)


Houston, we have a problem

A misquotation of the phrases “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” and “Houston, we’ve had a problem” said by the American astronauts Jim Lovell (born 1928) and Jack Swigert (1931–1982), who were crew members of the Apollo 13 moon flight, to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, on April 13, 1970, after an oxygen tank triggered an explosion which led to the mission being aborted.
The phrase in the form “Houston, we have a problem” was popularized by the film Apollo 13 (1995). The American screenwriter William Broyles Jr. (born 1944) altered the original phrases as he felt that “[t]he past perfect tense wasn’t as dramatic”. However, the phrase has been used earlier, for example, as the title of a 1974 television movie about the Apollo 13 mission.

Houston, we have a problem. We're running out of oil! The petroleum that fuels our daily lives is getting harder to find.

2002, Dan Ramsey, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home (Complete Idiot’s Guide), Indianapolis, Ind.: Alpha Books, →ISBN, page xvii:

(US, humorous) Used to report that a (major) problem has occurred.

Apollo 13
Jack Swigert
Jim Lovell
The Washington Post
William Broyles Jr.

Հյուսթոն, մենք խնդիր ունենքէ

used to report that a (major) problem has occurred


貓哭耗子——假慈悲

ㄇㄠ ㄎㄨ ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

мао ку хаоцзы

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/maːu̯⁵⁵ hʊk̚⁵ hou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵ kaː³⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹ pei̯⁵⁵/

(chiefly Mandarin) to cry crocodile tears


ti voglio bene

I love you (affirmation of affection or deep caring, non romantic, to a friend, a lover, or a family member)


չեմ գիտեր

head

չեմ գիտեր • (čʻem giter)


я не знаю

я не зна́ю (canonical)
ja nje znáju (romanization)


я не знаю

я не зна́ю • (ja ne znáju)

я не зна́ю (canonical)
ja ne znáju (romanization)


я не знаю

я не зна́ю • (ja ne znáju)

Uk-я не знаю.ogg


ROTFLOL

(Internet) Initialism of rolling on the floor laughing out loud.


where the sun doesn't shine

where the sun don't shine
where the sun don't shine#English

Alternative form of where the sun don't shine


man šakės

man šakės it's the pitchfork for me (canonical)


hålla tummarna

keep one's fingers crossed
keep one's fingers crossed


hålla tummarna för

to wish someone luck with a deed or an undertaking


я полюбил тебя

я полюби́л тебя́

я полюби́л тебя́ • (ja poljubíl tebjá)

я полюби́л тебя́ (canonical)
ja poljubíl tebjá (romanization)


я полюбила тебя

я полюби́ла тебя́

я полюби́ла тебя́ • (ja poljubíla tebjá)

я полюби́ла тебя́ (canonical)
ja poljubíla tebjá (romanization)

[ja pəlʲʉˈbʲiɫə tʲɪˈbʲa]


ad fontes

[äd̪ ˈfɔn̪t̪eːs̠]

Ad (“to”) + fontēs, accusative plural form of fōns (“fountain”, “spring”, “source”) = literally, “to the springs or sources”; probably drawn from Psalm XLII, verse 1 of the Latin Vulgate by Spanish humanists.

(idiomatic) Go to the sources: An expression emphasizing the importance of conducting fundamental research and of consulting primary sources.


左鮃右鰈

ja-pos

ひだり ひらめ みぎ かれい

左(ひだり)鮃(ひらめ)右(みぎ)鰈(かれい) • (hidari hirame migi karei)

左鮃右鰈 (canonical)
hidari hirame migi karei (romanization)

Literally, "left [is] olive flounder, right [is] righteye flounder."

The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. 鮃(ひらめ) (hirame, “olive flounder”) can be distinguished from 鰈(かれい) (karei, “righteye flounder”) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.


Deus vult

[ˈd̪eʊs̠ u̯ʊɫ̪t̪]

From Deus (“God”) + vult (“he's willing”), third person singular of volō (“I'm willing”). See also French Dieu le veut.


cave canem

[ˈkäu̯eː ˈkänɛ̃ˑ]


et uxor

From Latin et (and) and uxor (his wife).

I confirmed at Whitegate church about 300 persons, and returned to Vale Royal, where dined with me Sir Thomas Grosvenor et uxor, and Mrs. Rigby, Sir Philip Egerton, uxor et filius, Mr. Leftwich Oldfeild, Mr. Dean, Mr. Woods, vicar of Over, Mr. Marbury, rector of Davenham, Mr. Hanmore, Mr. Oakes, curate of Astbury, Mr. Oakes, Mr. Colley; and at supper Captain Birch and Captain Mainwaring more.

post 1687, The Diary of Dr. Thomas Cartwright, Bishop of Chester; commencing at the time of his Elevation to that See, August M.DC.LXXXVI.; and terminating with the Visitation of St. Mary Magdalene College, Oxford, October M.DC.LXXXVII. Now first printed from the original MS. in the Possession of the Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., London, 1843, page 28

… Keyes plaintant, Hill et uxor, defendants. Anno 22 Eliz.

1616, Reports, or Causes in Chancery, collected by Sir George Cary, one of the Masters of the Chancery, Anno 1601. Out of the Labours of Mr. William Lambert. Reprinted from the Edition of 1820, London, 1872, page 129

Coordinate term: et conjunx

(law) "And the wife" or "and his wife"; often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whichever obligation, ownership, etc. the document indicates.


TQM

Abbreviation of te quiero mucho (I love you a lot or I care a lot about you)


Bob's your uncle

Unknown. Several unsupported theories exist about its origin. A common explanation, involving Arthur Balfour gaining a promotion through the supposed intercession of his uncle, Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, is doubted because the expression did not appear in print until 1924.

Insert the plug, press the switch, and Bob's your uncle.

You want to go to the stadium? Go straight on until you reach the park, take the first left and Bob's your uncle!

And you're not going to give me that stuff about just shoving over the lever and bob's your uncle. You forget the times the fellow gets caught and has to be kicked off the edge of the trap hole.

1954, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, act 3; republished in Cóilín Owens, Joan Newlon Radner, editors, Irish Drama, 1900–1980, 1990, page 591:

Click the Import Contacts button and—Bob's your uncle (that's "Tada!" for my readers)—you should see a confirmation that all went according to plan, and your contacts have been imported into your Gmail address book.

2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks, O'Reilly Media, page 314:

Simply type in a description of your item and Bob's your uncle: someone, somewhere in the eBay virtual universe will be selling something similar.

2008, Julian Knight, Wills, Probate, & Inheritance Tax For Dummies, UK, unnumbered page:

All you need to do is learn to make these little loops and Bob's your uncle, you're a real live knitter.

2011, Lauren O'Farrel, Stitch London: 20 Kooky Ways to Knit the City and More, page 112:

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, idiomatic) No problem, the solution is simple, there you have it, it's that easy, you have what you want, all will be well: indicates a desirable conclusion has been reached with ease.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

[и] де́ло в шля́пе ([i] délo v šljápe, literally “[and] the business is in the hat”)


WAD

(computing, humorous) Acronym of works as designed.

(computing, gaming) Acronym of where's all the data? (Commonly used when referring to the video game Doom.)


muie

Borrowed from Romani muj (“face, mouth”).

bor+

Muie, David!

(vulgar, idiomatic) fuck you, fuck y'all

Muie la legi!

(vulgar, Used to express displeasure with something) fuck


nkhukutemwa

nkhu (“I”) + ku (“you (singular)”) + temwa (“love”)

compound

Nkhumutemwani

I like/love you (plural or formal singular)


الله أكبر

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اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر • (allāhu ʔakbar)

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (canonical)
allāhu ʔakbar (romanization)

→ English: Allahu akbar

→ Swedish: Allahu akbar

→ Turkish: Allahu ekber

اللّٰه (allāh, “God, Allah”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar), the elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big, great, powerful”).

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)


короче, Склифосовский

коро́че, Склифосо́вский

коро́че, Склифосо́вский • (koróče, Sklifosóvskij)

коро́че (canonical)
Склифосо́вский (canonical)
koróče (romanization)
Sklifosóvskij (romanization)

The phrase has very little to do with the work of famous Russian physician Nikolay Sklifosovskiy. It originates from the movie Kidnapping, Caucasian Style. Balbes, an antagonist of the movie played by Yuri Nikulin, exclaimed: "Make it brief, Sklifosovskiy!" to Shurik and his friend, the protagonists, who, having disguised themselves as vaccination nurses, commenced a long lecture about the benefits of immunization.
Literally, “[make it] briefer, Sklifosovskiy”.

lit

(colloquial) Used to cut short someone's long speech.

en-короче,_Склифосовский-ru-phrase-fD0xVtS9


לחיים

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לְחַיִּים • (lekhayím)

לְחַיִּים (canonical)
lekhayím (romanization)

From לְ־ (l'-, “to, for”) + חַיִּים (khayím, “life”); hence literally “to life”.

A blessing, a toast, and an expression of goodwill.


there are

There are three zeros in “1000”.

third-person plural present indicative of there be. see also there is.


name it, claim it

(Christianity) A catch phrase of the Christian Word of Faith movement, a statement of faith and affirmation.


물론입니다

물론(勿論) (mullon, “of course”) + 입니다 (-imnida, polite form of 이다 (-ida, “to be”)).

compound

polite form of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">이다</i> (-ida, “to be”)


pour féliciter

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from pour + féliciter, literally “to congratulate”. Used in Czech and Slovak, but not in French-speaking countries.


standing room only

Ever since Stourbridge-born Bellingham became huge news, fans turn out to cheer the local hero on the big screen inside the clubhouse whenever the Three Lions - who play a friendly with Australia on Friday followed by a Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy next Tuesday - are in action.
"It was standing room only in here when he played for England at last year's World Cup," Andy Pountney, chairman of Stourbridge, tells BBC Sport.

2023 October 12, Neil Johnston, “FA Cup: Why Stourbridge is fearing for its future”, in BBC Sport:

Here [at Grantham], the train has three minutes to reverse, during which time it is suddenly packed out with shoppers heading to Nottingham. It's standing room only for those who arrive last.

2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 57:

public transportation
public transportation

So well attended, or (of public transportation) so full, that all of the seats in the venue are occupied, leaving only the ground or the floor for other people. (of an event)


SMIDSY

Acronym for "Sorry mate, I didn't see you."

“SMIDSY?” Rich chuckled, “Yeah, car pulled out into me, then literally as the guy got out and looked at me lying on the road he said,'Sorry mate, I didn't see you,' S-M-I-D-S-Y.”

2017, CJ Moseley, The Wrath of Atlantis: With Strange Aeons:

(UK, Australia) Sorry mate, I didn′t see you.


tempus fugit

[ˈt̪ɛmpʊs̠ ˈfʊɡɪt̪]


all hell breaks loose

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all hell breaks loose (simple past all hell broke loose)

Came not all hell broke loose?

1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

I think it's kind of fun because, had Hillary Clinton spoken at the Democratic Convention, all hell would have broken loose.

1992 August 19, “Beckel, Barnes and Rollins Discuss the Republican Convention”, in CBS Morning:

The U.S. commanders received the news in a moment of stunned silence. Then, all hell broke loose as, off in the distance, antiaircraft fire was spotted as the antisubmarine patrol aircraft made optimistic and recklessly-brave assaults; four aircraft in total, armed with depth charges, attacked over a dozen enemy fleet units.

2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 2:05 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03:

It was a shocking attack, and within hours all hell had broken loose.

2023 November 26, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘Remember who we are’: riots, race, and the end of the ‘Irish welcome’”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(idiomatic) The situation becomes chaotic or characterized by conflict or rage.


PLM

police lives matter
police lives matter#English


PLM

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of pula mea.


game over

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-game over.wav

/ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/

The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games.

Before I could figure out what the hell was the object of the game, I hear the thing go boom-boom, and the screen lights up with a sign: game over.

(video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.

If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!

That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Once we started attacking that network from the inside, it was pretty much game over.

2004, Ryan Russell, Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent, page xxi:

(by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success, typically failure.


the end

Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; […] remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
the end.

1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Alice’s Evidence”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 192:

Used traditionally at the end of a story or film.

I have no idea where this conversation is going. Shall we head it off the page and say this is The End.

2007, Kathryn M. Hilton, Artificial Intelligence Is Fun!: Conversations with a Computer, page 240:

Used to indicate the termination of something.


TNLN

(geocaching) Initialism of took nothing, left nothing.


箭在弦上，不得不發

ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ

ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄚ

цзянь цзай сянь шан

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ fä⁵⁵/


tha mi sa' ghaol leat

Literally ‘I am in the love with you (familiar singular)’


tha gaol agam ort

I love you (literally "my love is on you")


tha gràdh agam dhut

I love you (literally "Love is at me to you")


tha mi sa' ghràdh leat

Literally, ‘I am in the love with you (familiar singular)’


cuánto cuesta

how much does it cost
how much does it cost


MSM

(driving) Initialism of mirror, signal, maneuver.

Near-synonym: M4M

(in personal ads or Internet slang) Initialism of male seeking male, man seeking man, and masc seeking masc.


veni, vidi, vici

Borrowed from Latin vēnī vīdī vīcī (literally “I came, I saw, I conquered”).

bor+

vēnī vīdī vīcī


veni, vidi, vici

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vēnī vīdī vīcī

vēnī vīdī vīcī

Uttered by Julius Caesar in 47 BC as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela.

I came, I saw, I conquered
I came, I saw, I conquered

Battle of Zela
Julius Caesar
Pharnaces II of Pontus


LDVH

Initialism of lies das verdammte Handbuch (“read the damned manual”).


minun mielestäni

in my opinion, as far as I can see, if you ask me, in my book, in my view


كيف حالك

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كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟

كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ • (kayfa ḥāluka?)

كَيْفَ حَالُكَ ؟ (canonical)
kayfa ḥāluka? (romanization)


كيف حالك

كَيْفَ حَالُكِ؟

كَيْفَ حَالُكِ؟ • (kayfa ḥāluki?)

كَيْفَ حَالُكِ ؟ (canonical)
kayfa ḥāluki? (romanization)


كيف حالك

كيف حالك؟ • (kīf ḥālak?) m

كيف حالك ؟ (canonical)
kīf ḥālak? (romanization)

From Arabic كَيْفَ حَالُكَ (kayfa ḥāluka).

inh

كَيْفَ حَالُكَ


كيف حالك

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كيف حالك؟ • (kīf ḥālek?) f

كيف حالك ؟ (canonical)
kīf ḥālek? (romanization)

inh

كَيْفَ حَالُكَ


rise over run

(mnemonic) Used for remembering that the slope of a non-vertical line is the ratio of the amount it rises over some interval, over the length of that interval.


när helvetet fryser till is

when Hell freezes over
when Hell freezes over


time flies

Time flies when you're having fun.


bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet

six of one, half a dozen of the other
six of one, half a dozen of the other

(idiomatic) tomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the other


måla fan på väggen

Literally, "paint the Devil on the wall".

A to B: "I am going to forget what to say and everyone is going to laugh at me."

B to A: "Do not paint the devil on the wall."

Hon målade verkligen fan på väggen när hon kallade sin partikamrat fascist.

She really went too far when she called her fellow party member a fascist.

to present a situation as being worse than it actually is


tha gràdh agam dhuibh

I love you (literally "love is at me to you") (plural or formal singular)


j/k

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of just kidding.


язык проглотил

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язы́к проглоти́л?

язы́к проглоти́л? • (jazýk proglotíl?)

язы́к проглоти́л (canonical)
jazýk proglotíl? (romanization)

Literally, “did you swallow your tongue?”.


делать из мухи слона

ru-verb

де́лать из му́хи слона́

де́лать из му́хи слона́ • (délatʹ iz múxi sloná) impf

де́лать из му́хи слона́ (canonical)
délatʹ iz múxi sloná (romanization)

[ˈdʲeɫətʲ ɪz‿ˈmuxʲɪ sɫɐˈna]

Literally, “to make an elephant of a fly”, from a Latin proverb "elephantem ex musca facere", recorded in Paraphrases of Erasmus (1523). See Make a mountain out of a molehill.

lit

Ма́ша, не де́лай из му́хи слона́! Е́сли Ва́ня получи́л одну́ тро́йку - э́то не зна́чит, что он тепе́рь оста́нется на второ́й год!

Masha, don't make mountains out of molehills! If Vanya got one "three", it doesn't mean he'll be sent back a grade!

Máša, ne délaj iz múxi sloná! Jésli Vánja polučíl odnú trójku - éto ne znáčit, što on tepérʹ ostánetsja na vtorój god!

make a mountain out of a molehill
make a mountain out of a molehill

en-делать_из_мухи_слона-ru-phrase-d9Tvsoho


último, mas não menos importante

/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mu | maz ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

[ˈuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.mu | maz ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.pohˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mu | maz ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.poɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

[ˈuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.mu | maz ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.poɾˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mu | maʒ ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.poʁˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

[ˈuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.mu | maʒ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈmẽ.nuz ĩ.poχˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ˈuw.t͡ʃi.mo | maz ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈme.noz ĩ.poɻˈtɐ̃.te/

[ˈuʊ̯.t͡ʃi.mo | maz ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈme.noz ĩ.poɻˈtɐ̃.te]

/ˈul.ti.mu | mɐʒ ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈme.nuz ĩ.puɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

[ˈuɫ.ti.mu | mɐʒ ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈme.nuz ĩ.puɾˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

Literally, “last, but not less important”.


XYZ

Initialism of examine your zipper: a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone.


討價還價

ㄊㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

таоцзяхуаньцзя

/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/tʰou̯³⁵ kaː³³ waːn²¹ kaː³³/

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka²¹⁻⁵³ huan²⁴⁻²² ka²¹/

/tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke²¹⁻⁴¹ huan²³⁻³³ ke²¹/

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/

/tʰɔ³³ ka⁵⁵ ɦue³³ ka²¹/

/tʰɔ³³ ka³³ ɦue²² ka⁴⁴/

/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/tʰou̯³⁵ kaː³³ waːn²¹ kaː³³/

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka²¹⁻⁵³ huan²⁴⁻²² ka²¹/

/tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke²¹⁻⁴¹ huan²³⁻³³ ke²¹/

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke¹¹⁻⁵³ huan²⁴⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/

/tʰɔ³³ ka⁵⁵ ɦue³³ ka²¹/

/tʰɔ³³ ka³³ ɦue²² ka⁴⁴/

to negotiate back and forth; to bargain; to haggle


лёгок на помине

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лёгок на поми́не

лёгок на поми́не • (ljógok na pomíne) m

лёгок на поми́не (canonical)
ljógok na pomíne (romanization)

[ˈlʲɵɡək nə‿pɐˈmʲinʲe]

are your ears burning
are your ears burning


про серого речь, а серый навстречь

про се́рого ре́чь, а се́рый навстре́чь

про се́рого ре́чь, а се́рый навстре́чь • (pro sérovo réčʹ, a séryj navstréčʹ)

про се́рого ре́чь (canonical)
а се́рый навстре́чь (canonical)
pro sérovo réčʹ (romanization)
a séryj navstréčʹ (romanization)

[prɐ‿ˈsʲerəvə ˈrʲet͡ɕ | ɐ‿ˈsʲerɨj nɐfˈstrʲet͡ɕ]

Literally, “when it’s spoken about a grey one (wolf), one meets the grey one”.

lit

en-про_серого_речь,_а_серый_навстречь-ru-phrase-RgXemKLs


sic transit gloria mundi

[s̠iːk ˈt̪rä̃ːs̠ɪt̪ ˈɡɫ̪oːriä ˈmʊn̪d̪iː]

From sīc (“thus, so”) + trānsit (“it goes over, it crosses”) the third person singular of trānseō (“I go over, I cross”) + glōria (“glory”) + mundī (“of the world”) the genitive of mundus (“the world”). Literally meaning "thus passes the glory of the world" or "thus goes the glory of the world". The traditional translation is "thus passes earthly glory".

‘Thus passeth the glory of the world’, a traditional phrase used in the ritual of papal coronation.


хоть убей

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хоть убе́й • (xotʹ ubéj)

хоть убе́й (canonical)
xotʹ ubéj (romanization)

Literally, “even if you kill me”, or more loosely translated as “you might as well kill me”.

lit

Хоть убе́й, не по́мню.


怕老婆

/pʰä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ pʰu̯ɔ⁴/

/pʰaː³³ lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹/

/pʰä⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ pʰu̯ɔ⁴/

/pʰaː³³ lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹/

Literally: "afraid of one's wife". It is believed that if a man is ticklish, it is a sign of fear of his present or future wife.

to be henpecked; to be afraid of one's wife


驚某

* It is believed that if a man is ticklish, it is a sign of fear of his present or future wife.

/kiã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/

/kiã³³ bɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁵³/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁴¹/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/

/kiã³³ bɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ⁵³/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁵³/

/kiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔ⁴¹/


mao

Initialism of med andra ord (“in other words”).


chu

Chu vraiment tanné, là!


Þ.s.s.á.

An initialism from the Icelandic words það (“it, that”) sem (“which”) sanna (“to prove”) átti (“should've”), or that which was supposed to be proven or that which should've been proven.


fair play

[S]he consolidated her position by purchasing the kennels, doing them up regardless of expense and buying two new horses, and, fair play to her, fair play, as they say in Wales, ...

1964, Charles Norman De Courcy-Parry, Here lies my story, page 248:

"Fair play to Jean, he has made it work for him."

1990 July 1, Joe Saward, quoting Martin Donnelly, “Interview: Martin Donnelly”, in The Business of Motorsport Newsletter, archived from the original on 2017-10-16:

The Gaelic Athletic Association, fair play to them, want absolutely nothing to do whatsoever with that thingumajig football tournament in America.

1994 June 21, Liam Hayes, “GAA's holding its own now, but could lose in the end”, in Irish Voice, archived from the original on 2016-04-21:

I wasn't expecting much of Ms Dynamite at the start of the night, but fair play to her, she's got a great voice on her.

2002 October 30, "Acquiesce", “Re: noel and chris at fair play gig”, in alt.music.oasis (Usenet):

Liam Watson: "Fair play to Southport, they were the best team on paper because they got the most points. We just want to prove we are as good as them".

2010 May 7, “Clayton sure buoyant Reds are up to the task of seeing off Fleetwood”, in Derby Evening Telegraph:

(colloquial, UK, Ireland) used to acknowledge or congratulate for something.


kicking and screaming

to drag someone kicking and screaming

Well, then…you can say that I said it is a step in the right direction that will…er…be welcomed by all forward-thinking people and will drag the city kicking and screaming into the Century of the Fruitbat.

Against someone's will; with extreme reluctance on someone's part.


Q.E.D.

From Late Latin QED, from Latin quod erat demonstrandum.

[A]fter the same manner S and U are proved to be equal, therefore the square of CB is equal to the square of the 2 other sides Q E D.

1684 August 30, Mr. Ash, “A New and Easy Way of Demonstrating Some Propositions in Euclid”, in Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume XIV, number 162, London: Printed by T. R. for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society; […] , →OCLC, page 674:

Now let any right line meet four harmonicals in A, C, B, D, and if those harmonicals be parallel, the thing is evident; but, if they intersect in V, draw ECF parallel to VD, the line most remote from C; then, by the first part, EC#x3D;CF, and AD#x3A;AC#x3A;#x3A;VD#x3A;EC or CF. Therefore AD#x3A;AC#x3A;#x3A;BD#x3A;CB. q. e. d.

1803, “The Mathematical Repository, Nº 63”, in The Gentleman’s Diary, or The Mathematical Repository; an Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1803: […], London: Printed for the Company of Stationers by Nichols and Son, […]; [a]nd sold by George Greenhill, […], →OCLC, page 33:

By Cases 1 and 2, we see that any finite collection of 4k-1 primes cannot contain all such primes. Thus there are infinitely many primes of this type. ¶ Q.E.D.

1999, William Dunham, “Euler and Analytic Number Theory”, in Euler: The Master of Us All (The Dolciani Mathematical Expositions; 22), [Washington, D.C.]: Mathematical Association of America, →ISBN, page 64:

quod erat demonstrandum
quod erat demonstrandum#English

(mathematics, dated) Initialism of quod erat demonstrandum (“what was to be proved; what was to be demonstrated”): placed at the end of a mathematical proof to show that the theorem under discussion is proved.

quod erat demonstrandum

That this part of the world has actually been peopled (Q. E. D.) to support which, we have living proofs in the numerous tribes of Indians that inhabit it.

1809, Diedrich Knickerbocker [pseudonym; Washington Irving], chapter IV, in A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Inskeep & Bradford, […], →OCLC, book I, page 42:

PROP[OSITION] VI. One substance cannot be produced by another substance. ¶ Demonst[ration]. In the preceding proposition we have seen that there cannot in the nature of things be two Substances of the same attribute, or that they have anything in common (by Prop. II.); and so (by Prop. III.) one cannot be the cause of, or be produced by, another: q. e. d.

1870, Benedict de Spinoza [i.e., Baruch Spinoza], R[obert] Willis, “[The Ethics.] Part I.—Of God.”, in Benedict de Spinoza; His Life, Correspondence, and Ethics, London: Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 418:

Of all those on the market, Eastman's is the only one with a solution tight, locking cover. ¶ Q. E. D.

1908 July, C. H. Claudy, “Tanks”, in Frank V. Chambers, editor, The Camera: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Advancement of Photography, volume 12, number 7, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Camera Publishing Company, page 252:

(by extension) Used to indicate that an argument or proposition is proved by the existence of some fact or scenario.


生拉硬拽

ㄕㄥ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄞˋ

шэн ла ин чжуай

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐŋ⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaːŋ²² jɐi̯²²/

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɐŋ⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋaːŋ²² jɐi̯²²/

to drag somebody along kicking and screaming


TANJ

Used (in lower-case form) in Larry Niven's "known space" fiction.


PRN

Alternative forms: prn, p.r.n.


anything goes

In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking
But now, Heaven knows,
Anything goes.

My way, your way, anything goes tonight!

[…] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths.

2004, Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, The Joy of Gay Sex: Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition, page 228:

(idiomatic) There are no rules or restrictions.


mi újság

what's up? what's new? what's going on? what's happening?


в чём дело

head

в чём де́ло?

в чём де́ло? • (v čom délo?)

в чём де́ло (canonical)
v čom délo? (romanization)

[ˈf‿t͡ɕɵm ˈdʲeɫə]

В чём де́ло?

Де́ло в то́м, что я бере́менная.


cat got someone's tongue

Why won't you tell me that secret? Cat got your tongue?

You used to be alright / What happened? / Did the cat get your tongue? / Did your string come undone?

2007, “15 Step”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead:

(idiomatic, humorous) Why is someone not saying anything?

язы́к проглоти́л? m (jazýk proglotíl?, literally “did you swallow your tongue?”)


opera omnia

The “complete works”. This title has been given to many such collections, for instance, that of Leonhard Euler.


the die is cast

/ðə ˌdaɪ ɪz ˈkɑːst/

Calque of Latin iacta ālea est, a grammatically, and thereby semantically, incorrect translation by the Roman historian Suetonius (c. 69 – p. 122 C.E.) in his work Vīta Dīvī Iūlī (On the Life of the Caesars, 121 C.E.) of the Ancient Greek ἀνερρίφθω κύβος (anerrhíphthō kúbos), which was said to have been spoken by Julius Caesar (100 – 44 B.C.E.) when he crossed the Rubicon to irreversibly begin a civil war in the Roman Republic (see cross the Rubicon).
Caesar was quoting from the comedy Ἀρρηφόρῳ (Arrhēphórōi, The Bearer of Ritual Objects) by the dramatist Menander (c. 342 or 341 – c. 290 B.C.E.). The Greek phrase is more accurately translated as “let the die be cast” (meaning “let the game be played” and implying “let us proceed irreversibly”), and refers a game of chance in which the outcome is determined by the throwing of dice or a single die.

noncog

ἀνερρίφθω κύβος

nb...

With an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin.

lang

Ἑλληνιστὶ πρὸς τοὺς παρόντας ἐκβοήσας, ‘Ἀνερρίφθω κύβος,’ διεβίβαζε τὸν στρατόν.

Δειπνοσοφισταί

Δειπνοσοφισταί

Δεδογμένον τὸ πρᾶγμ’ · ἀνερρίφθω κύβος

Δεδογμένον τὸ πρᾶγμ’ · ἀνερρίφθω κύβος

nb...

par Athénéé, Traduit, tant sur les Textes imprimés, que sur plusieurs Manuscrits, par M. Lefebvre de Villebrune.

Is the die caſt, muſt / At this one throvv all thou haſt gaind be loſt? / The VVorlds a Lott'ry; He that dravves may vvin: / VVho nothing ventur's, looks for nothing;[…]

[1634, H. H., “[Dedication by H. H.]”, in T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:

The die is cast. I cannot go back. I must get ready. Will you see me to the station?

1879, George Meredith, “At the Railway Station”, in The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative. […], volume II, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], →OCLC, page 188:

you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

(idiomatic) Conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed; the future is determined; there are no more options.

Athenaeus
Bernadotte Perrin
Harvard University Press
Julius Caesar
Loeb Classical Library
Menander
On the Life of the Caesars
Suetonius

سبق السيف العذل

conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner

木已成舟 (mùyǐchéngzhōu, literally “the wood has already been made into a boat”)


貪多嚼不爛

ㄊㄢ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄢˋ

tān duō jiáo bù làn [Phonetic:tān duō jiáo bú làn]

тань до цзяо бу лань

/tʰän⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ län⁵¹/

bite off more than one can chew
bite off more than one can chew


(Internet slang) Abbreviation of gute Nacht (“good night”).


aq

bu iyi aq


sweet dreams

(idiomatic) Said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.

dobrou noc a ať tě blechy štípou celou noc


那壺不開提那壺

ㄋㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧˊ ㄋㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ

на ху бу кай ти на ху

/nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi³⁵ nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu³⁵/

哪壺不開提哪壺 哪壺不開提哪壺#Chinese

哪壶不开提哪壶 哪壶不开提哪壶#Chinese

Misspelling of 哪壺不開提哪壺／哪壶不开提哪壶 (nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú).


哪壺不開提哪壺

ㄋㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧˊ ㄋㄚˇ ㄏㄨˊ

на ху бу кай ти на ху

Literally: whichever pot is not boiling, pickup that pot
: If a pot of water is not boiling, it does not make any (high-pitched) sound. This means figuratively that the pot of water is defective. If one deliberately picks up such a pot, then it figuratively means that one is deliberately publicizing somebody else's weaknesses or secrets.

to let somebody's skeletons out of the closet


eg elski teg

[eː ˈɛlʃɪ teː]


hvussu gongur

[kʊsːu ˈɡɔŋɡʊr]

tað gongur væl(, og tygum / tær?)

eg havi tað gott or vit hava tað gott

so toluliga

hampiligt


tað gongur væl

[tɛa ɡɔŋɡʊr ˈvɛal]

I'm fine, thank you (answer to the question hvussu gongur?)


eg veit ikki

eg veit ikki, hví tey fóru


eg eiti

my name is ... Answer to the question hvussu eitur tú? or hvussu eita tygum?


hvussu eitur tú

what is your name? The normal answer is: eg eiti...


til lukku við degnum

happy birthday, verbally "good luck with the day"


vit síggjast

Síggjast is mediopassive plural form of síggja (“to see”). Similar to Swedish vi ses, Norwegian Nynorsk vi sest and Danish vi ses

see you, bye, so long, verbally "we see each other"


eingin orsøk

[ɔɲdʒɪn ˈɔʃøːk]

Literally, “no cause”. Similar to Swedish ingen orsak, Norwegian Nynorsk inga årsak, Norwegian Bokmål ingen årsak and Danish ingen årsag.

you're welcome, answer on takk or takk fyri.


eg skilji ikki

[e ˈʃɪljɪ ˈɪtʃ]


tosa tygum enskt

do you speak English
do you speak English