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remain utterly unmoved To remain motionless without showing the slightest emotional wavering. Feel moved to reverence Feel respect arise Shake one's head in refusal Move one's head left and right to express denial or refusal. 2 meanings tilt one’s head in hesitation or doubt To turn one’s head this way and that while hesitating and considering various possibilities. Nod in agreement Move one's head up and down to indicate correctness or approval. emerge For a force, emotion, or the like to appear or arise. Turn away from someone Ignore a person, affair, situation, or the like 2 meanings Hold one’s head up or revive Face others with dignity Lower one's head into the draw When drawing a bow, lower one's head slightly forward so the arrow's feathers brush the face. 2 meanings bow one’s head or subside To lower one’s head in submission, flattery, or humility toward another. Gain strength or momentum Of strength or circumstances, become vigorous or active. Nod off Unconsciously nod one’s head while dozing from sleepiness, standing or sitting Rack one’s brains Vulgarly, think extremely hard or worry intensely Rack one's brains Strain greatly over something and become absorbed in thought. rack one’s brains To think so intensely that one’s head aches because one does not know what to do. With all one's might Disparagingly, with all one's strength. rack one’s brains Disparagingly, to agonize over something and think about it intently. Rack one’s brains Disparagingly, pay attention to a problem and think it over or work hard at it Agonize over what to do Disparagingly, become absorbed in thinking to the point of a headache because one does not know what to do. be empty-headed A disparaging expression meaning to lack judgment or insight. Wear oneself out worrying Disparagingly, think very hard or fret greatly. Agonize over a problem Think intensely, to the point of a headache, because one does not know what to do Marry in a proper ceremony Marry with a formal wedding ceremony Get married Of a woman, unbraid her side hair, arrange it in a bun, and marry. one’s first husband A husband whom a woman married formally when she was a maiden. get married as a woman An expression for a woman marrying, referring to undoing the hair by her ears that she wore braided as an unmarried girl. Bear down on someone Of influence or force, press down from above. be overpowered To be subdued by influence or strength. 2 meanings Bear down on or forestall For power or force to press down from above Be overpowered Be subdued by influence or force. be wet behind the ears To be far from adulthood, or to be young. Get a knuckle rap on the head Be struck on the head with someone’s knuckles have a protruding skull For the front and back of the skull to protrude. Be flawed or lowborn Have a flaw or be of low social status begin thinking like an adult A coarse expression for coming to think or judge like an adult. be empty-headed A coarse expression for lacking judgment or insight. Grow up A vulgar expression for coming to think or judge like an adult Fight violently Fight with extremely severe blows and beatings Use one's damned head A vulgar expression for using one's mind to devise a solution. Attack with all one's strength Charge with all one's strength. be wet behind the ears A coarse expression for being far from adulthood or young. Still be a mere youngster A vulgar expression for still being young or a long way from adulthood be troubled by headaches To have complicated, distressing thoughts because of a troublesome matter. Betray someone Betray trust and loyalty. be stabbed in the back To be betrayed or double-crossed. 2 meanings Read someone's mind; lord it over someone See through another person's thoughts or actions. be quick-thinking To have clear, intelligent thinking or judgment. feel clear-headed To feel refreshed and mentally unburdened. 2 meanings have rigid or dull thinking For one’s thinking or ideology to be stubborn. Grow mature Come to think or judge like an adult Be enlightened Escape backward ideas Have a heavy head Feel unwell or have a dull headache. have much on one’s mind To have many worries. Be empty-headed Have no judgment or insight Be strained by difficult work Feel mental strain because a task is complex or difficult. feel compelled to bow in respect To feel respect arise. Have an outdated mind Have one's thinking or ideology become outdated and unusable. Think quickly on one's feet Readily devise thoughts or solutions on the spot. Be steeped in an idea Be imbued with an ideology, custom, or the like begin thinking like an adult To come to think or judge like an adult. From head to toe An emphatic expression for the whole body Use one’s brains Use one’s mind to devise a solution Bow in submission Submit or display a deferential stance. scratch one’s head in embarrassment To scratch one’s head to ease awkwardness when one is shy or embarrassed and does not know what to do. 2 meanings Become a monk or serve prison time Become a Buddhist monk Be forced into something Have something forced on one by another. put in an appearance To show oneself at a place. Emerge from suppression For suppressed or hidden thoughts, forces, or the like to emerge outwardly Put one's heads together Face one another to discuss or decide something. 2 meanings put one’s heads together To gather close together for an important discussion. Feel deeply disappointed Be extremely disappointed or discouraged. 2 meanings Bow in submission or respect Submit or show a humble attitude Clear one's head Calm an excited or tense mind. with all one’s strength With all one’s strength and heart. Make every effort Try with all one’s strength rack one’s brains To agonize over something and become absorbed in thought. Think carefully Consider various aspects deeply or devise ideas. 3 meanings arrange hair up or enter married life To braid a woman’s long hair in two sections, cross them behind both ears, and coil them together above the forehead. 2 meanings Initiate a courtesan or marry off a woman Have relations with a young courtesan and thereby put her hair up 3 meanings Put up one's hair; become a full gisaeng; marry Braid a woman's long hair in two, cross the braids behind the ears, and coil them together above the forehead. Rack one’s brains Think hard with extreme effort Weigh heavily on one's mind Receive a strong mental stimulus. rear its head For suppressed or concealed thoughts, forces, or the like to appear openly. let one’s hair down in mourning To undo one’s coiled hair upon a bereavement. Shake one’s head in refusal Express strong rejection or shudder with aversion Fix firmly in memory Remember an object or fact firmly Keep circling in one's mind Have an unclear thought recur continually. engrave in one’s memory To remember an object or fact firmly. Grow gray or old Have one’s hair turn gray, or grow old Have one's mind seize up Lose motivation or thought in an unpleasant, frightening situation. since one was born Since one came into the world. Still be a mere child Still be far from adulthood, or be young Have one’s hair stand on end Have one’s nerves tighten sharply through fear or surprise Have one's hair stand on end Have nerves become acutely tense through fear or shock. since one was born A disparaging expression meaning since one came into the world. rack one’s brains Colloquially, to suffer a headache over a troublesome matter. 2 meanings Have a headache or troubled mind Vulgarly, have a headache Feel mentally unsettled Feel confused and unsettled. Feel one’s head will burst Vulgarly, worry over something complicated or difficult 2 meanings Shave around a topknot; shave one's head Shave the hair in a circle beneath the topknot. Treat migraine with acupuncture Apply acupuncture to cure a migraine Receive migraine acupuncture Receive acupuncture to treat migraine. Buy shares at the peak Vulgarly, buy shares at their highest market price Marry and become an adult Of a bachelor, marry and become an adult. Shave one's head Shave the head closely as with a razor. shake one’s head in dissent To express denial or opposition. Turn away in disapproval Avoid looking directly and turn away because something displeases one Shake one's head in disgust Become so sick of something that one's head shakes with disgust. Put one’s hair in a topknot A term formerly used in the royal court for forming a topknot

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Bow very low Bend one's body deeply. put one’s heads together To gather and discuss. Furrow one’s brow deeply Frown deeply because one is upset or worried Be close at hand Of a time, be very near. be wet behind the ears To be far from adulthood, or to be young.

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Slap someone’s face Strike someone on the cheek near the ear have a masculine face For a woman’s face to look like a man’s. Be brazen Feel no shame and lack a sense of propriety. be easily embarrassed To be easily embarrassed. be utterly shameless To have absolutely no shame or sense of decency. Be red with embarrassment Have a face reddened by shame or embarrassment turn away To turn one’s face away and refuse to engage with someone. Hold one’s head up Face others with confidence and dignity Be unable to face others Be too ashamed to face others with dignity Know many people Have many acquaintances Be shameless Feel no shame and lack a sense of propriety. Know by sight Be acquainted by sight. Be shameless A vulgar expression for being thick-skinned: lacking shame and decency Have absolutely no shame Have no shame or sense of propriety whatsoever. Look familiar Recognize someone’s facial appearance from familiarity Be acquainted Know one another well enough to exchange greetings upon meeting. be shameless To have no shame or sense of decency. have plump cheeks For the cheeks to become plump and rounded, as though one has chestnuts in one’s mouth. Sulk in anger Pout angrily with displeasure. shed tears To shed tears. Be sullenly angry Become sulky and angry through displeasure Remain perfectly composed Remain calm with no change in words or complexion Have one's face read Show one's face to a physiognomist to learn future fortune or misfortune. Pretend not to know someone Deliberately pretend not to know someone one knew well. Respond calmly and courteously Suppress excitement and deal with someone calmly and politely Be shameless Feel no shame and lack propriety. 2 meanings look to others helplessly To anticipate another person’s help and watch their reactions or ingratiate oneself. put on a stern expression To display a solemn look or expression on one’s face. Be written on one’s face For feelings, mood, or the like to show on one’s face Have a yellow, sickly face Have a yellowed face showing strong signs of illness. 2 meanings touch up makeup or change one’s demeanor To apply makeup again. Show one’s face Appear at a gathering or similar occasion Face others without shame Meet others confidently and honorably. consider someone’s dignity To take someone’s standing or dignity into account. Be brazen-faced Figuratively, be shameless and brazen Be widely acquainted Know many people socially. be shameless To have no shame or sense of decency. Turn scarlet with excitement Become so excited that one’s face turns deep red Pull an ugly face Disparagingly, make a threatening or unpleasant expression from displeasure or anger Scowl Make a fierce or unpleasant expression through displeasure or anger. have a frown form For an unpleasant or fierce expression to form from displeasure or anger. Be destined for a long life Said to mean that someone will have a long lifespan 2 meanings Be helpless before someone Be intimidated and unable to act tremble one’s jaw while dying For a dying person’s jaw to tremble while drawing breath. Depend on someone Trust someone and rely on them.

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Turn one's attention elsewhere Show interest elsewhere instead of attending to what requires attention. 2 meanings give a sidelong signal To convey something to someone with a sidelong glance without others noticing. Let one’s attention wander Show interest elsewhere instead of attending to what requires attention Discover infidelity Become aware of and interested in extramarital affairs In the blink of an eye An extremely brief moment Not know where to look Be bewildered or awkward and not know where to direct one’s gaze 2 meanings Take the plunge; turn a blind eye Stop thinking about anything else. Be unbearable to watch Be unable to bear looking because the scene is horrific or offensively embarrassing be unbearable to watch To be unable to bear a scene because it is horrific or embarrassingly offensive. fall out of favor To lose trust and become disliked. An intolerable person Figuratively, someone so hated that their sight is offensive Not bat an eye Act casually, showing no disturbance in manner or expression have one’s attention drawn To listen or watch intently because one’s interest is attracted. look away To turn one’s eyes from what one was looking at to something else. Attract attention Concentrate many people's attention. Die and be buried A vulgar expression for dying and being buried in the ground Glare furiously A vulgar expression for glaring with hostility out of anger. Be frantically obsessed An extremely vulgar expression for rolling one’s eyes back in frenzy or obsession Be madly obsessed A vulgar expression for losing one's senses through obsession, usually with something bad. glare furiously A coarse expression meaning that anger makes one’s eyes look fierce. be shocked A coarse expression for being greatly startled. Lose one’s senses A vulgar expression for losing reason through a shocking experience or obsession Act blindly and wrongly Vulgarly, act wrongly as though blind Search feverishly Vulgarly, be intensely absorbed in searching for something. Charge at something in a frenzy Vulgarly, become so excited that one's eyes grow bloodshot and throw oneself at something with all one's might. fail to see the obvious A coarse, reproachful expression used when someone misperceives something obvious. be blinded by affection To become so absorbed in love or fondness that one cannot judge rationally. Not deign to look Refuse even to look through contempt or disdain. not bat an eyelid To remain calm without the slightest surprise. Eye something covetously Look closely at something with greed Begin to covet Watch something closely out of desire to possess it. Roll one’s eyes upward Turn one’s eyes upward Shoot a hostile glare Glare at someone because one dislikes or hates them Whenever awake Always while one is awake. Frown in displeasure Furrow one's brow to show displeasure. have constant worries For anxiety and worry not to subside. Stare with anger or aloofness Open one’s eyes straight ahead in fury or aloofness Make one’s eyes blaze Strain and flash one’s eyes in an effort to find something or establish a fact fight off sleep To struggle not to sleep despite drowsiness. Remain completely unruffled Be entirely calm. Stare with anger or aloofness Open one’s eyes straight ahead in fury or aloofness Glare venomously Have a venomous expression in one’s eyes from anger Lose one's fucking senses A highly vulgar expression for losing one's senses through obsession, usually with something bad. become obsessively reckless To lose one’s senses through absorption, chiefly in something undesirable. Have fierce eyes Have anger bring a venomous expression to one’s eyes Lose one's damned reason A highly vulgar expression for losing reason through a shocking event or obsession. have one’s eyes pop To be greatly startled. lose one’s reason To lose one’s reason after a shocking event or through obsession with something. Wait desperately for ages Wait for a very long time in intense anxiety Be dizzyingly busy or fast Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. Be offensive to the eye Be unpleasant to look at and displeasing Fall out of favor Lose trust and come to be disliked. be utterly adorable To be very lovable. Stand out visibly Become conspicuous. Look angrily Look with an angry expression in the eyes Glare angrily Stare with an angry look. haunt one’s mind’s eye To remain unforgotten and repeatedly come before one’s eyes. Lose all judgment Be unable to judge sensibly Glare in anger Open one's eyes wide with anger. 2 meanings be intensely eager or glare angrily To be extremely greedy or attentive. Glare furiously Open one's eyes wide in great anger. glare furiously To stare wide-eyed in extreme anger. Linger before the mind’s eye Have a memory of a person, event, or the like come to mind Beauty is in the beholder's eye Even a worthless object looks good if it pleases its owner. remain vivid in one’s mind For an image to remain unforgotten and come vividly to mind. look familiar To be familiar from having been seen many times. Find favor Gain someone’s recognition Meet one's expectations Be satisfyingly pleasing. have a venomous glare To flash one’s eyes viciously and glare. Glare venomously Flash one’s eyes and glare viciously See things wrongly See things incorrectly, as though with closed eyes. become bloodshot with anger To become so angry or excited that one’s eyes grow bloodshot. Bridle with anger Become angry and resolve to act, or grow excited 2 meanings Have blurred vision from hunger or greed Have flickering vision through weakness from hunger. be dead and buried To die and be buried in the ground. Feel dizzy and dazed Figuratively, the flickering vision when dizziness suddenly clouds one’s consciousness See stars after a blow When struck hard on the cheek, head, or the like, have one's vision suddenly darken and a flash appear briefly before disappearing. escape surveillance To become free from surveillance or restraint. Burn with grievance or jealousy Said when one feels deeply wronged or jealous Undergo review Review or judge writing or the like. glare angrily To have a fierce look in one’s eyes from anger. Move one’s gaze around Turn one’s pupils this way and that Work in a frenzy A strongly vulgar expression for losing one’s senses through engrossment, usually in something bad 2 meanings Attract the eye Arouse curiosity and make people look. Turn one's attention Shift one's interest. become obsessively reckless To lose one’s senses through absorption, chiefly in something undesirable. Keep one’s eyes open Stay alert and pay attention Make eye contact Look into each other's eyes. search intently To concentrate one’s attention or exert effort to find something. Get some sleep Sleep Deceive someone's watchful eye Use a temporary trick to fool an observer. look very closely To look with alertness and concentration. Be extremely hard to find Be very rare and difficult to find not believe one’s eyes To distrust what one sees and find it strange, wondering whether one has seen wrongly. Keep one’s eyes wide open Stay intensely alert and attentive 2 meanings Teach literacy or understanding Teach someone to recognize letters. Avoid being seen Avoid another person's observation. wait desperately A figurative expression describing intense waiting. Have venom rise in one’s eyes Have anger bring a venomous expression to one’s eyes Lose one's damned senses A highly vulgar expression for losing reason through a shocking event or obsession. have one’s eyes pop in surprise To be greatly startled. have low standards To have a low level of discernment. 2 meanings Have high standards or good taste Habitually seek only things better than the ordinary 2 meanings Lose one's senses; have one's attention drawn Lose judgment through shock or rage. Widen one’s eyes in surprise Open one’s eyes wide from great surprise or puzzlement lose one’s reason To lose one’s reason after a shocking event or through obsession with something. Have eyes wide with shock Have one's eyes widen from surprise or fear. stare fixedly An expression for gazing at one spot without moving. Have many watching eyes Have many people watching Be attracted to each other Of two people, have feelings or intentions connect. Have poor powers of observation Have a weak ability to observe and understand things Suddenly come alert Suddenly regain alertness. be consumed by self-interest To be intensely absorbed in seeking only one’s own advantage. wait anxiously for ages To wait a long time in great anguish. Misjudge something obvious A reproachful expression used when someone misperceives the obvious Be beside oneself with rage Become so excited and enraged that one nearly loses reason Be offensive to watch Find someone's behavior unpleasant and disgusting to see. Be intensely obsessed with self-interest An emphatic expression for being intensely absorbed in pursuing only one's own interests. be very much alive To be fully alive and well. Be easily moved to tears Lack emotional hardness and readily show tears Gain understanding Develop discerning understanding. 2 meanings be bewildered or illiterate To be dizzy and mentally at a complete loss. Gain understanding Become able to judge things or phenomena Be dizzyingly busy or fast Figuratively, be so busy or fast that awareness cannot keep up. 2 meanings have eyes like lamps A figurative expression for large, round eyes. die For a person to die. Receive hostile looks Be disliked by others. shoot a glare To glare or stare fiercely at someone. Be frantically busy Be extremely busy to the point of distraction A very short distance A very short distance. have fierce-looking eyes For one’s eyes to look spiteful and fierce. 2 meanings Swindle or falsely accuse someone A vulgar expression for deceiving someone to take their wealth 2 meanings swindle or frame someone To deceive someone and take their wealth. Lower one's head demurely Of a woman, lower one's head modestly. be well informed To know many things through seeing and hearing. Read very quickly Figuratively, read quickly Become frantically obsessed Become frenzied over something.

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2 meanings Listen inattentively or pretend not to hear Listen halfheartedly rather than sincerely Deduct this and that Figuratively, subtract various things. Feel someone is talking about oneself Feel that someone else is talking about oneself 2 meanings Be painfully loud or repetitive For a sound to be so sharp and loud that listening is painful Begin understanding spoken language Become able to understand speech. have one’s ears perk up To have one’s interest readily attracted by something heard. Be tired of hearing something Dislike hearing something because one has heard it too many times. Be easily swayed Accept other people’s words easily be gullible To readily believe what others say without realizing one is being deceived. Become worldly-wise Come to understand how the world works. 2 meanings Be slow to understand or stubborn Be dull and fail to understand others’ words well An insolent youngster A disparaging expression for a young person Listen attentively Focus one's attention with interest on another's account or opinion. begin to recognize sounds For an animal or person to recognize sounds for the first time after being born. prick up one’s ears To focus one’s attention keenly in order to hear. Renounce worldly fame and gain Literally, wash ears that have heard the world’s dirty stories; figuratively, live purely, apart from worldly fame and gain Prepare to listen Prepare to hear. not believe one’s ears To think one may have misheard after hearing something hard to believe. Listen attentively Focus attention with interest on another’s story or opinion Smooth over trouble Settle trouble and bring calm. 2 meanings Eavesdrop or give a discreet warning Overhear another’s words secretly stop paying attention To direct one’s ears elsewhere and fail to listen properly. An uppity youngster A rebuke to someone still young who acts conceited Blush with embarrassment Have one's face redden from great embarrassment. Sound offensive Be uncomfortable to hear because the words are inappropriate. reach someone’s ears To become known to someone. Hear the same thing endlessly Hear the same words many times Hear something repeatedly Hear the same words many times. hear something endlessly To hear the same words many times. 2 meanings sound familiar To remember having heard something. Strike the eardrums Sound extremely loud Be deafening Of a sound, be extremely loud. Be deafening Of a sound, be extremely loud. be deafening For a sound to be extremely loud. be deafening For a sound to be extremely loud. listen halfheartedly To listen with little interest. Keep ringing in one’s ears Seem to remain audible rather than fade from one’s ears Linger in one's ears Seem to keep sounding without fading from one's ears. be credulous To readily believe what others say. Be clearly heard For a sound to enter through the ears and be distinctly heard let words go in one ear and out the other To hear something but act as though one barely heard it. Let words go in one ear and out the other Listen only halfheartedly without paying close attention Pay no attention at all Fail to take words to heart and barely acknowledge hearing them. Readily believe others Readily take other people's words at face value. echo in one’s ears For words one heard to be remembered or come to mind. Echo in one’s memory Recall or bring to mind words one has heard Listen halfheartedly Listen casually without paying attention. let words pass unheeded To listen only halfheartedly rather than attentively. Strike the ears Sound loudly in one’s ears Ring in one's ears Be heard as though sounding nearby. Clean royal earwax In the royal court, a former expression for removing someone's earwax.

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Lose face Have one’s dignity, pride, or the like damaged Act like a dignified man Act with the dignity befitting a grown man A nasal voice A sound resonating inside the nose because the nose is blocked A child's little savings A small amount of money belonging to a child. something very close Something very close by. An offering of food or a bribe Presenting a bribe or food boastful talk Words that put on airs. be held by a weakness To have one’s weakness seized upon. Lose face badly Suffer such humiliation or loss of spirit that one’s prestige plummets Be haughty Have an air of superiority and showing off. bow deeply To lower one’s head deeply. Until thoroughly drunk To the point of becoming extremely drunk Be downcast with worry Become dispirited and drained through worry Be stubborn Be obstinate and unwilling to listen to others. Feel proud and puffed up Become conceited over something to boast of. act conceitedly To put on airs and behave arrogantly. Never see even a glimpse Be unable to see someone at all because they never appear. not show one’s face To make no appearance at all. Deflate someone's pride Crush someone's confidence. be rebuked or embarrassed To be embarrassed or scolded. Spoil something Render something unusable or ruin an undertaking Be humbled with embarrassment Be unable to hold one's head up from embarrassment or rebuke. turn up one’s nose To put on airs and act puffed up. Fail to show one’s face Disparagingly, describe someone not appearing at all Not catch even a glimpse Disparagingly, express being unable to see someone at all because they never appear. Boast of something Display something as a source of pride. Sneer Look down on and ridicule another 2 meanings Tickle someone's nose; irritate someone Put a wick into a nostril to stimulate it. Fret over things going wrong Feel troubled and anxious because things do not go as one wishes Be haughty Have an attitude of showing off and acting superior. humble oneself To rein in one’s conceit or pride. seethe with frustration To be inwardly tormented because things do not go as intended. Be extremely stubborn Refuse to listen readily to others and be very obstinate Feel disgusted Feel extremely offended or disgusted. feel tears welling up To feel tears about to come from being moved or saddened. Snort dismissively Displeased or disgusted, barely acknowledge another’s words and offer no reply 2 meanings be rebuffed Colloquially, to be scolded. struggle to suppress a mischievous laugh To find it hard to hold back laughter while pretending one has not tricked someone as a joke.

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Suppress one's hunger Force oneself to endure hunger or the desire to eat. 2 meanings snack or smack one’s lips To eat snacks outside regular meals. itch to speak To feel impatient because one wants to say something. Have a swollen uvula Have one’s uvula swell from a cold, overwork, or the like Crave food intensely Want to eat something excessively. Crave food intensely Want to eat something excessively. be tense with anxiety To be tense and anxious. Talk without doing; talk back Slang: be good only at chattering or answering back. begin a story or task To begin or set one’s hand to a story or undertaking. Start something Begin or undertake a conversation or task Waste one’s breath Speak unnecessarily at length without any benefit express dissatisfaction To regard something with dissatisfaction. 2 meanings bawl or run one’s mouth A coarse expression for to cry. Say aloud Express a thought or fact in words 2 meanings Be all talk; be unduly picky Talk plausibly without acting accordingly. waste one’s breath For repeated words not to be accepted, making speaking fruitless. Smooth, pleasing words Words polished only outwardly to sound pleasing 2 meanings Suppress emotion; resolve firmly Forcefully restrain surging emotion. Chew the cud For cattle, sheep, or the like to move their mouths and ruminate 2 meanings Have words stuck on one's tongue Have something one wishes to say but refrain or be unable to say it. an indistinct mumble Low, mumbled words uttered inside the mouth so others cannot understand. Feel bitterly displeased Feel upset because an affair, words, or the like are displeasing Go hungry for a long time Be unable to eat and starve for a long time through poverty. foam at the mouth An expression for talking noisily in extreme excitement. Honeyed words Words pleasant to hear 2 meanings Say habitually; eat constantly Repeat words or stories habitually or use them frequently. suit one’s palate To suit one’s taste. Speak of something Say something about a subject Eat, drink, or smoke Eat or drink food, or smoke tobacco. offer empty flattery To flatter someone to please them. Empty lip service Words spoken for appearances without sincerity Become habitual speech Become so familiar that it turns into a habit. lock one’s lips To say nothing. Smooth, flattering words Words polished only outwardly to sound pleasing Talk repeatedly about someone or something Speak repeatedly about another person or object. scrape by To barely make a living. Keep silent Refrain from speaking or stop speaking. Gape in astonishment Be dumbfounded at something outrageous or extremely astonished silence someone To prevent someone from making noise or saying something unfavorable to oneself. Agree on a story Make one’s words agree with each other’s Say with one voice Of several people, express the same opinion. buy someone’s silence To give money or goods so that someone does not say anything unfavorable to oneself. Pocket the benefit and play innocent Take or intercept a benefit alone and then pretend ignorance Pout in disappointment Pout because one cannot obtain what one wants. stop someone from speaking To suppress noisy speech or words unfavorable to oneself. Follow instructions perfectly Act precisely as the person directing the work wishes grin from ear to ear For the mouth to open wide with joy or pleasure. Feel like having a snack Feel peckish and want something to eat Grin from ear to ear Have one’s mouth open wide in joy or delight Have expensive tastes Habitually desire only delicious, fine food rather than being satisfied with ordinary food. have a good appetite To find food delicious through a keen appetite. Repeat endlessly Speak repeatedly about another person or object Speak cuttingly frankly Speak the truth very sharply and uninhibitedly. be a picky eater To be very particular about food, habitually wanting only delicious dishes. Gape in amazement or delight Be greatly surprised or delighted. Words come out For words to emerge from one’s mouth Talk about something endlessly Speak repeatedly about another person or object. fear people’s gossip To fear word getting out and becoming the subject of gossip. Be a picky or small eater Be extremely selective about food or eat little feel like a snack To feel slightly hungry and want something to eat. Feel displeased Feel displeased because a matter or words are objectionable. speak clearly and substantively For words to be clear and substantial. 2 meanings Be foul-mouthed or excessively talkative Speak recklessly and uninhibitedly in vulgar language Be extremely tight-lipped Be very reserved in speech. 2 meanings Keep snacking; speak recklessly Continually eat snacks without stopping. 2 meanings be greedy for snacks or foul-mouthed To be greedy for snacks. pout A disparaging expression for sulking in anger or dissatisfaction. Speak clearly and substantively A disparaging expression for speaking clearly and with substance 2 meanings Blab; talk glibly Vulgarly, tell others facts or affairs one knows. 2 meanings run one’s mouth or talk back A disparaging expression for speaking recklessly. Be all talk A disparaging expression for speaking convincingly without acting accordingly, or being unduly picky about food for one’s station

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have one’s crime exposed For one’s wrongdoing to be revealed. Probe someone’s intentions Sound out another’s inner thoughts Pressure relentlessly Urge or corner someone severely. keep someone pinned down To seize another person’s weakness and prevent them from moving. Hold someone fast Make someone unable to move or escape be caught red-handed To be discovered while plotting or carrying out wrongdoing. 2 meanings Grab by the scruff or press hard Seize someone by the nape and lead them away Strike a vulnerable point Attack or hit a weak point or the most important place. Be caught helplessly Be caught unable to move. Grab by the collar Seize and lift someone's collar. 2 meanings Be killed or fired A vulgar expression for being killed 2 meanings Be killed; lose one's position A vulgar expression for being killed. Get fired A vulgar expression for being dismissed from a job. fire someone Coarsely, to dismiss someone from their job. sack someone Coarsely, to dismiss someone from their job. a barely audible voice A low voice that is barely audible. rise to an unbearable level For anger, desire, an impulse, or the like to become unbearable. Barely keep hunger at bay Barely survive without starving Eat one's fill Eat until full. 2 meanings have a huge appetite or great greed To eat a great deal because one has a large appetite. 2 meanings be caught by a weakness To have a weakness or vital point seized upon. Go hungry through poverty Become unable to eat anything because of poverty 3 meanings Be unable to swallow; be blocked; worry Have food or the like fail to pass down the throat because of shock. even at knifepoint An expression for persisting to the end whatever happens, meaning one will desperately refuse to yield even prepared to die. Put on airs Act pompously or as though looking down on others Show off one's authority Show off one's authority, ability, or the like. 2 meanings stake one’s life or job To resolve to give one’s life. at the top of one’s voice Loudly without restraint or reserve, chiefly when crying or shouting. Fire someone Dismiss someone from a workplace Dismiss someone Expel someone from a workplace Become agitated Become extremely angry or excited. Fire someone Dismiss someone from work. strangle someone’s prospects To torment someone and bring them to ruin or make life unbearable. Quench one’s thirst Drink water or the like because one is thirsty Dismiss someone Dismiss someone from work. stab someone in the throat To stab the neck with a knife or the like. warm up one’s voice To prepare one’s voice before traditional singing, a song, a speech, or the like. 2 meanings Have one’s life or job in danger Face a mortal crisis Be stiff-necked Refuse readily to yield to others and be very obstinate 2 meanings Be killed or fired Be killed. have one’s position on the line To be in danger of losing one’s position. 2 meanings Be killed or removed from office Be killed With desperate longing With intense anxious longing. choke with sorrow For sorrow to well up. 2 meanings Survive; hang on to a position Remain alive. wait with desperate longing To wait with intense longing and anxiety. Be fired Be dismissed from a workplace At the top of one’s voice With all the voice one can muster Be very thirsty Feel intense thirst. Raise one's voice Raise one's voice. sing at the top of one’s voice To sing in a loud voice. Lose one’s job Vulgarly, come to lose one’s job shrink back in embarrassment The manner of drawing in one’s neck out of embarrassment or shame. Shrink back Of something or its momentum, shrink back.

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Feel relieved of responsibility Feel relieved after escaping or reducing a heavy responsibility. feel a heavy responsibility To feel a great mental burden from heavy responsibility. Swell with pride Feel proud after praise or the like Feel ashamed Feel dishonorable, embarrassed, or ashamed. Feel proud Feel inclined to show off, or feel dignified and proud be downcast To lose heart and confidence from discouragement. Breathe laboriously Breathe as though in distress, heaving one’s shoulders Work together Work together for the same purpose. stand shoulder to shoulder To have similar standing or strength. rank shoulder to shoulder To have similar standing or strength. Act shoulder to shoulder Act together for the same purpose 3 meanings Stand together; be equal; work together Stand side by side, or walk standing side by side. humble oneself To lower oneself modestly. Throw oneself into something Plunge into an undertaking without sparing oneself Weigh heavily on someone Of duties, responsibilities, restrictions, or the like, create heavy pressure. stand proudly To be confident with no need to bow. Shoulder responsibility Come to bear a heavy responsibility or the like Bear responsibility Keep responsibility or duty for something in one's mind. put on airs To take an arrogant attitude. Become arrogant Come to adopt an arrogant attitude Lose heart Become dispirited and discouraged have one’s wings clipped Figuratively, for one’s former high spirits to decline so that one can no longer act as one pleases. Lose one’s spirit Have one’s vigor broken or lose resolve 2 meanings Lower one's shoulders; act overbearing Lower one's shoulders after shooting an arrow.

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be scarred with sorrow For bitter pain and harsh sorrow to become indelibly lodged in one’s heart. Feel passion flare Have one’s emotions intensify Take deeply to heart Remember firmly in one's heart so as not to forget. consult one’s conscience To base oneself on conscience. Harbor malice Form a cruel intent or vicious thought toward another person Be deeply scarred emotionally An emphatic expression for indelible bitter pain and harsh sorrow lodged in one's heart. tear at someone’s heart To cause emotional pain. Set hearts fluttering Make someone feel excited or fluttery Act with burning passion Act with intense, surging motivation or momentum. Suffer heartache Feel mental pain through anxious fretting open one’s heart To reveal or receive one’s innermost feelings. Cause a piercing ache Cause pain as though cutting the chest with a knife, from very profound and intense thoughts or feelings. Suffer crushing heartache Experience extremely severe emotional pain Break someone's heart Cause pain as though the chest were being torn through sorrow or resentment. strike one’s heart To receive a great emotional shock. Fret desperately Worry intensely Stand proud Be confident with no need to bow. bare one’s heart To reveal all one’s thoughts or words without reserve. Be broad-minded Be very understanding. have one’s heart pound For one’s heart to beat extremely forcefully. Be deeply moved with gratitude Be deeply moved with gratitude after receiving profound love and care Feel a sudden pang Be suddenly startled or conscience-stricken by a stimulus. be overwhelmed with joy To have one’s heart filled with great joy or emotion. Have a heavy heart Have one’s spirits sink through sorrow or worry Be emotionally devastated Receive such a severe shock that one struggles to compose oneself. 2 meanings have one’s heart burst To become unbearably filled with sorrow or pain. Have one’s heart pound Have one’s heart beat extremely fast Feel a chill of fear Feel chilled as though a cold wind were blowing inside through fear. have one’s heart burned out by worry A figurative expression for anxiety distressing one’s heart to the utmost. Ache with pity Feel a stabbing ache in one’s heart from great pity or compassion Be narrow-minded Lack understanding. Feel a stab of conscience Suffer severe pangs of conscience be heartbroken To suffer pain as though one’s heart were splitting from grief or resentment. Have one’s heart shrink with anxiety Be anxious and impatient, unable to feel at ease Burn with worry Feel as though one's chest grows hot from inward worry. feel one’s heart clear To feel brightened as a knot in one’s heart is resolved. Be overwhelmed by shock Feel one’s chest torn by a sudden shock provoke someone’s anger To make someone angry. Infuriate someone Make someone angry Cause agonizing pain Cause extremely severe emotional pain. Become furious Become angry. burn with worry To be intensely anxious with worry or anguish. Be ready to burst with frustration Feel extremely frustrated inwardly be weaned For an infant or young animal to stop feeding on milk. Have abundant breast milk Produce a large amount of breast milk. Receive a severe emotional shock Receive a great emotional shock.

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Develop an abdominal mass For a woman to develop a diseased mass in her abdomen, swelling it as though pregnant Have an urgent mishap Have an urgent problem arise. Be desperately hungry Have a hollow belly and be extremely hungry from lack of food. 2 meanings Have an illicit affair; collude Usually of a man and woman in an illicit relationship, secretly agree and have sexual relations. be sick with envy To feel spite because someone else is doing well. Reach adulthood Grow up and become an adult be only a newborn To be a baby so young that the stump left by cutting the umbilical cord has not yet fallen off. Have sexual relations Of a man and woman, have sexual relations. Laugh uproariously Find something extremely funny. laugh holding one’s sides To clutch one’s stomach and laugh loudly, unable to restrain one’s laughter. Be hilariously funny Be extremely funny Be utterly laughable Be utterly ridiculous because the behavior is so absurd or childish. Be brazenly arrogant Be extremely haughty and insolent in behavior or speech 2 meanings Hold out or swagger Resist without meeting another’s demand Live in comfortable plenty Live comfortably with abundant means or a prosperous household. line one’s own pockets To satisfy selfish desires by taking much wealth or profit for oneself. Burn with envy Fret spitefully over another person’s success become well-off For one’s living circumstances to become comfortable. Become comfortably prosperous Become financially comfortable Put on flesh through good eating Gain weight from eating well. be able to eat one’s fill For circumstances to improve so that one can fill a previously hungry belly. Be shameless or brazen Lack decency and be shameless, or have strong nerve Be starving A vulgar expression for a hollow belly and intense hunger from lack of food. See through someone’s thoughts See another’s innermost thoughts clearly Satisfy one's greed Shamelessly pursue only one's own desires. be scheming and corrupt To have a sordid, sinister heart. cut the umbilical cord To cut the umbilical cord after a child is born. Settle one's stomach Make an upset stomach feel somewhat better. 2 meanings Feel nauseated or disgusted Feel one’s stomach upset as though about to retch 2 meanings Have anger or stomach discomfort subside Have angry or sulky feelings ease grip tightly To hold something very tightly.

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Nudge discreetly Poke someone’s side with an elbow or finger to send a secret signal 2 meanings Remain youthful; feel mildly tired Be youthful for one's age. double over laughing To laugh uncontrollably, as if about to topple over. 3 meanings Be overwhelmed or doubled over Have a burden become difficult to bear 2 meanings Be divided or interrupted Of national territory, be partitioned. be overburdened To be exhausted by carrying out a task that is difficult to bear. Be financially strained Have severe financial difficulty 3 meanings Bow humbly; greet; submit Take a humble attitude toward another. bow respectfully To greet someone respectfully. Live in subservience Live cowed before another person Double over laughing Laugh uncontrollably as though about to fall over. hold one’s sides laughing To laugh uncontrollably, as if about to topple over. Finally live at ease Pass a difficult crisis and become able to live comfortably

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Interlace one's fingers Firmly fit all ten fingers between one another. Release the bowstring Release a taut bowstring with the thumb wearing a bow ring. be resourceful and commanding To have the means to command others and accomplish difficult tasks. give up or give wholehearted approval A coarse expression for giving up because something exceeds one’s ability, or for wholeheartedly welcoming or agreeing with something. Stand idly by Merely watch an affair as though one has nothing to do with it Bind someone's hands behind their back Pull both hands behind the back and tie them. 2 meanings end up empty-handed or spend everything To have one’s invested money or effort come to nothing and gain nothing at all. Withdraw empty-handed Withdraw from what one was doing without gaining anything, one's efforts having come to nothing. start with nothing To have nothing when beginning something. Be helplessly captivated Be unable to act freely because one is taken with or captivated by something Be utterly captivated Be immobilized by being charmed or captivated by something. relax without worries To feel at ease without anxiety or worry. put one’s heart and strength into work To work with all one’s sincerity and strength. Rank among the few best Be exceptional, among only a few in a group not lift a finger A reproachful expression for brazenly idling without doing any work. Be unable to lift a finger Be too ill or weak to do anything Few enough to count on one's fingers Express that the number is very small. Gamble with hand-held cards Gamble by holding and viewing hwatu, domino, or tujeon cards in one’s palm Know like the back of one's hand Know every detail clearly. extend one’s reach To deliberately bring some influence to bear on another person. Extend one’s reach For active help, demands, aggression, interference, or similar actions to reach a target Hold hands Extend both hands and hold one another's. Not lift a finger Critically express that someone brazenly idles without doing anything. be unable to intervene at all To be unable to involve oneself at all with an object or matter. become gradually prosperous For previously straitened living circumstances to grow gradually wealthy. Leave work undone Do nothing despite having work to do 3 meanings Have a stinging hand; be capable; have an unlucky touch Cause great pain even with a light blow. be meticulous and deft To work thoroughly and very carefully. Be deft and meticulous Work without gaps and with great care Insist on stopping someone Stop someone at all costs 2 meanings As easily as turning a hand Very easily change one's attitude abruptly or openly. join forces To share the same intentions. Arrange a corpse's limbs Arrange the arms and legs after death before the body stiffens. Coordinate with one another Align feelings, opinions, ways of acting, or the like when working together. call out a discovery To shout out to several people what one has discovered. beg desperately To plead earnestly for forgiveness of a fault or wrongdoing. Work at cross-purposes Have incompatible feelings, opinions, methods, or the like when working together Work in harmony Have compatible feelings, opinions, methods, or the like when working together Applaud approvingly Approve of or like something Wave one's hands in refusal Spread and wave one's hands vigorously in refusal or denial. Bring under one's control Make something fully one's own or bring it under one's control. Bring under one's control Make something fully one's own or bring it under one's control. as clear as if in one’s hand Clearly, as though very close at hand. Control effortlessly Make a person or object act entirely as one wishes 3 meanings Be caught; be plentiful; get into one's work Be caught within someone's grasp. be on the edge of one’s seat To feel intense suspense and anxiety over a precarious situation. Live in pampered ease For a woman to live comfortably in luxury without hard work 2 meanings Become proficient; get into work Become skilled, increasing motivation and efficiency. join hands To unite one’s strength warmly and cooperate. Become familiar through practice For work to become familiar to one’s hands Become practiced Become accustomed to a task. Be able to focus on work Become calm, willing to work, and efficient. seem within reach To look very close or distinct. Find something utterly unbelievable Be wholly unable to believe a fact, incident, or the like 2 meanings pass through someone’s hands To go through a person as an intermediary. Make a mutual promise Figuratively, promise each other Cut ties Stop association, trade, or the like. 2 meanings part ways or divide the work To part from one another. 3 meanings Reach out Demand or beg for something 2 meanings Miscount; miss the right time When counting objects, miscalculate the counting sequence so the total is too high or low. Stop working Stop or briefly pause one's work. slow one’s work To ease tension and work more slowly. 2 meanings withdraw or finish work To stop doing what one was doing. Join hands in cooperation Agree in purpose and cooperate closely Sit idle despite work to do Remain doing nothing despite having work to do Pause one's work Briefly stop the action one has been doing. ask for handouts To demand or beg for something. 2 meanings Begin or join work Begin an undertaking Withdraw from an undertaking Leave work one has been doing. Extend one's influence Deliberately exert some influence on another. 2 meanings extend one’s reach To expand one’s activity into work one has not done before. 2 meanings Break ties or lose one’s stake Sever relations with negative or troubling affairs get involved To participate in something. 2 meanings Become involved Enter into wrongdoing Provide climbing support Provide brush, poles, or the like for vines to climb. beckon To gesture with one’s hand for someone to come. Have thieving hands Have a bad habit such as stealing 2 meanings Be generous; have effective means Spend generously and on a large scale. have a free moment To gain time to rest briefly from a task or do something else. Be without work Be resting because there is no work to do 2 meanings Beg desperately; toil harshly Describes begging extremely earnestly. 2 meanings reach or make contact For one’s strength or ability to reach something. Have one’s efforts reach everything For one’s efforts or power to reach around Finish a task Have a task end. work slowly To move very sluggishly while working. 2 meanings Be unlucky or stingy Have no luck and gain nothing Work well together Have thoughts, methods, or the like fit well when working together. 3 meanings have a stinging or deft hand To cause great pain even with a light hand strike. 2 meanings Be idle or penniless Remain doing no work because there is nothing to do 2 meanings Work quickly; sell readily Handle work quickly. be inexperienced To be unfamiliar with a task. Work quickly Handle work quickly Be thorough and meticulous Work with no gaps and great care. 2 meanings be tight with resources To be stingy and sparing in spending goods or money. Be tied to a task Become bound to a task and unable to escape Work quickly Handle work quickly. be startled or flustered To be surprised or thrown into urgency by an unexpected situation. fit together smoothly To fit together perfectly. 2 meanings Be generous or resourceful Spend generously and on a large scale Beg for forgiveness Describes pleading desperately for forgiveness. Mark with one’s nails Press with a fingernail to leave a mark Not lift a finger Critically express that someone brazenly idles without doing anything. Be unyielding and tightfisted Have an extremely firm, ungenerous character. idle away one’s time To pass one’s time idling instead of working. Be physically able Have an intact body capable of doing work. trim one’s nails An expression used at court for cutting one’s fingernails. Welcome enthusiastically Gladly support or welcome something Rank as the best Consider someone first among many pause one’s work To stop one’s working hands briefly. 2 meanings Stop or finish working Stop the work one has been doing Begin working Put one's hand to a task and begin. work deftly and swiftly To be very swift and deft at work. Become efficient through practice Become efficient as work grows familiar Feel able to work Develop the desire to work. infect through scratching or handling To cause inflammation attributed to fingernails by scratching or kneading. Develop inflammation from scratching Develop inflammation from scratching or kneading with the hands Clench one's fist in resolve Suddenly clench one's fist to express determination. exchange blows For a fight to break out and people to strike one another with fists. straighten the bow arm’s elbow For the elbow of the arm holding a bow to be extended straight. 2 meanings feel free and at ease To escape a feeling of oppression and feel mentally free. show off one’s biceps To expose one’s arms and boast of one’s strength. Roll up one’s sleeves Prepare to plunge into something and work actively Stand by idly Merely watch what happens without stepping forward to resolve it. Swing one’s arms while walking Walk alternately swinging the two arms forward and back in opposite directions 4 meanings Stride vigorously; swagger; proliferate; flap wings Walk swinging both arms strongly in alternating directions. 2 meanings spread one’s limbs or live confidently To stretch out one’s arms and legs.

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2 meanings be desperately poor or overstretched A figurative expression for living in extreme poverty. have lucky timing for a meal To be fortunate enough to happen upon a meal and get to eat. Be forestalled Be deprived of the chance to act beforehand Sleep without worries Sleep comfortably with peace of mind. Run for dear life Flee extremely urgently with all one's strength. Be held by one’s weakness Have an opponent seize on one’s weakness, leaving one unable to escape Belatedly reopen a settled matter Clumsily bring up again words whose discussion has already ended. hold someone by a weakness To seize upon another person’s weakness and prevent them from escaping. grovel to someone To flatter and fawn on someone. Keep a foot in both camps Maintain ties with both sides to benefit from each. Flee for dear life Run away with all one’s strength and utmost urgency Be wildly restless Describe being unable to stay calmly in one place and fussing about excitedly, as though a whirlwind behind the knees made one float restlessly about. rush busily about A figurative expression for rushing about busily in search of something, meaning that one’s legs move so often they seem about to catch fire. Take a step Move one’s feet to walk Be helplessly captivated or afraid Be unable to move from intense attraction or fear. 2 meanings Call someone out or firmly restrain Vigorously refute someone who acts or speaks contrary to an earlier boast, using that boast against them relax To live at ease with peace of mind. Be unable to move Become unable to move at all 2 meanings Be restless or dissipated Be unable to remain calmly in one place, becoming excited and rushing recklessly. Be tied down by work Be unable to move because one is tied to a task. lead a dissipated life To behave indulgently with a dissolute mind. 2 meanings be sharply rebuked or warned To be severely refuted using one’s earlier boast as grounds when one says or does the opposite of what one had loudly guaranteed. Have stiff limbs Have arms and legs that do not move freely Be itching to do something Be unable to stay still because one wants to do something. feel a guilty anxiety To worry that one’s wrongdoing may be exposed or bring bad consequences. go on foot To walk on one’s own feet without riding anything.

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Submit Surrender or submit. bring someone to their knees To make someone surrender or submit. Sit close together face-to-face Sit closely facing one another. Slap one’s knee in realization Slap one’s knee on suddenly discovering something surprising, recalling a dim memory, or feeling great joy Flee for dear life Run away with all one’s strength and utmost urgency

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Step forward eagerly Step forward actively. Step forward eagerly Step forward actively. pitch in wholeheartedly To step forward and engage actively. Sever all contact Stop visiting or sever a relationship. not show up at all To make no appearance whatsoever. 2 meanings Be trampled on; be everywhere Be despised and trampled. be reluctant to go To be unable to act readily because one feels reluctant or awkward. Be unable to bring oneself to leave Be unable to leave readily because attachment, regret, concern, or worry keeps one uneasy Visit less often Visit each other less frequently. be reluctant to visit To be unable to act readily because one feels reluctant or awkward. Harm one's benefactor Harm someone who has shown one kindness. be hurt by someone one helped To suffer unexpected harm from someone to whom one has shown kindness. Happen in quick succession For events to occur one after another Harm one's benefactor Harm someone who has shown one kindness. be hurt by someone one helped To suffer unexpected harm from someone to whom one has shown kindness. Face an urgent crisis Have a matter become extremely pressing Beat someone to an action Do first something another person intends to do. Be beaten to an action Have someone else do first something one intends to do. sabotage or harm someone To spoil another person’s affairs or cause them harm. be betrayed To be betrayed by another person. Handle the immediate crisis Handle or resolve a pressing or difficult matter immediately at hand Be trapped in a situation Be unable to escape a difficult situation or task. 2 meanings hold someone back To keep someone firmly tied to a matter so that they cannot escape it. 2 meanings Be tied down Be held fast by something and unable to escape Run about busily Hurry about from place to place Live comfortably without toil Live comfortably, sitting at ease without labor. grovel to the powerful To attach oneself to a wealthy or powerful person and do sordid, degrading things. Be everywhere Be commonly scattered about everywhere Be desperately anxious Be extremely distressed or feel urgent pressure. stop visiting To stop coming and going, or to sever a relationship. Add a remark Append words to a completed or existing statement. 2 meanings Have no room to step Be extremely cramped because too many people are standing or sitting there 2 meanings with no room to step So cramped because too many people have entered or sat down. Enter a field or organization Join an organization or enter a line of work. be packed with people To be crowded and congested. Go barefoot Remove shoes, socks, or the like, or wear nothing on one’s feet Have nowhere to settle Have nowhere to settle. withdraw completely To cut all ties with some matter and withdraw. Sleep without worry Sleep comfortably with peace of mind Rest easy Feel relieved after a worrying or demanding matter has ended. 3 meanings pull out or remove one’s footwear To withdraw from a matter one is involved in, or get out of it to avoid responsibility. begin walking For a puppy or the like to begin walking. Arrive just in time for food Be lucky enough to happen upon a place where food is being eaten Be reluctant to go Be unwilling or awkward and therefore unable to act readily Be well connected Know many people and thus have a broad sphere of activity. Run around busily Go about very busily and frequently. be unable to bring oneself to leave To be unable to leave readily because attachment, lingering feelings, anxiety, or worry prevents peace of mind. visit only occasionally To come and go only occasionally. Stop visiting for a while Have no visits for a time to a place one used to frequent 2 meanings Be in step For several walkers to lift the foot on the same side simultaneously Be tied down Be unable to move or engage in activities. act quickly To take appropriate measures promptly. Beg desperately Beg so earnestly that hands alone seem insufficient and even feet must be used. know a route well To be familiar with a route from having traveled it many times. Visit frequently Go to a place often Feel guilty and uneasy Feel anxious or uneasy because one has committed a wrong. Miss out on food Arrive at a meal after everyone else has finished Beat wildly Strike wildly. 2 meanings have one’s soles struck For a bridegroom to be hung upside down and struck on the soles of the feet. Ritually beat the groom’s soles Playfully hang the bridegroom upside down and beat his soles to obtain a post-wedding feast from him Trim the toenails In the royal court, an expression formerly used for trimming toenails. Take the first step Enter the beginning of a task or business.

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Begin to stir Gradually enter an active state turn slightly sideways To turn one’s body slightly to the side. Not know what to do with oneself Not know how to conduct oneself Be restlessly troublesome Figuratively, be unable to stay still and behave extremely annoyingly as though restless with bodily aches be desperately eager To be unbearably impatient to do something. Become second nature Become thoroughly accustomed through repeated experience or practice. take practical action To work or act by physically doing something. 2 meanings Be pregnant or menstruate Become pregnant Act coyly Act bashfully or flirtatiously. cultivate oneself To cultivate one’s mind and character. Be deprived of one’s chastity Have one’s chastity taken away Throw oneself into something Become absorbed in something with all one's passion. Find a place to live or work Rely on a particular place while working or living lose one’s chastity To lose one’s chastity. Give oneself sexually Surrender one's chastity to another person. act on a superior’s behalf For a subordinate to do work on behalf of a superior. 2 meanings Lose chastity or ruin one’s health Defile one’s chastity Lodge somewhere Live with the support or shelter of a place Petition to retire from office Petition the king to retire from office, asking to be released so one can return home and rest. Make time Set aside time amid a busy schedule. have sexual intercourse To engage in sexual intercourse. perform skillful bodily moves To perform feats with one’s body. Spare oneself effort Refrain from working with full effort Immerse oneself fully Attach oneself wholly to something in order to do it Ruin one's health Have one's body severely damaged or rendered unfit. ruin one’s health For one’s body to become severely damaged or unfit. Consent to sex Agree to have a sexual relationship with another person. Sell sex Of a woman, engage in prostitution for money. give birth To give birth to a child. Consent to sexual relations Agree to engage in sexual relations Put on weight Gain flesh and become fat Be impatiently anxious Feel distressed with impatience. be pregnant Euphemistically, to be pregnant. Grow stout Put on flesh and become fat. Needle the four gates Apply acupuncture to the four gates, the paired Hegu and Taichong points. 2 meanings Have delicate features; be petty and meticulous Have a frail, delicate appearance. 2 meanings be robust or broad-minded To have large, sturdy features or build. Hold a funeral Vulgarly, conduct a burial or funeral Grow rapidly taller Grow taller at a rapid rate.

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a person relying on powerful backing A figurative expression for a person relying on another’s influence. bleed someone dry To exploit or manipulate someone and rob them of their wealth. Bleed someone dry For a prostitute to strip a womanizer of his wealth, or to make someone suffer greatly Extort someone's wealth Forcibly take another person's wealth by coaxing or threatening them. work oneself to the bone To find something so exhausting that it is hard to endure. Feel a chill down one’s spine Feel dizzy with fear and have one’s spine tremble Feel a chill down one's spine Be so startled or afraid that goosebumps rise along one's spine. Torment harshly Badger or torment severely. be immobilized by difficulty To be unable to move at all because something is extremely uncomfortable or arduous. Fret intensely Be extremely distressed because things do not go as one wishes Have a stiff back Have back muscles so stiff that bending and straightening are uncomfortable. Feel a sudden shock and tension Figuratively, describe feeling mentally stunned and extremely tense. fleece someone slyly To take another person’s wealth in a devious, cunning manner. rely on someone’s power To depend on another person’s influence. Turn one’s back Sever ties with and reject a person or group with whom one shared aims Push someone into acting Force or encourage someone to do something Extort another's property Threaten someone to take their property. Follow a ridge Follow a mountain ridge. be desperately impatient To feel intense anguish because things do not go as one wishes. 2 meanings Get saddle sores or powerful backing For a cow, horse, or the like to have its back chafed raw by a saddle

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Be unable to stay put Be unable to remain in one place long and leave promptly. be reluctant to get up To be very reluctant to rise once seated. 3 meanings Sit down or settle Sit with one’s buttocks on the ground or floor Be restless in one's seat Be unable to sit still and frequently get up. At breakneck speed Figuratively, the appearance of fleeing or running away extremely fast trail after someone To diligently follow someone closely in hope of benefit. Quietly back away Quietly evade and retreat Try to slip away Try to avoid something quietly or run away. 2 meanings Linger or finish slowly Be reluctant to get up once seated 2 meanings dawdle To drag along instead of acting promptly. Live in grinding poverty Figuratively, live in extreme poverty Be restless Be unable to remain long in one place and leave promptly. seem to be the guilty party An expression meaning someone seems responsible for wrongdoing, likening it to smelling bad after passing wind. Be unable to sit still Be unable to stay seated in one place and repeatedly want to get up and move Stay seated for a long time Rarely get up once seated. sit down To settle into a seat.

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be struck dumb To be dumbfounded by an unexpectedly startling or strange event. Be dumbfounded Be bewildered by something unexpectedly astonishing or appalling Be tongue-tied Be unable to speak well from shock or confusion. 2 meanings slur one’s speech or speak unintelligible foreign words For pronunciation to become unclear through illness or drunkenness. Be speechless with amazement Become unable to speak through great surprise or disbelief Repeat endlessly Speak repeatedly about another person or object. be able to speak For the tongue to move while speaking. Whatever comes to one’s tongue Recklessly, without thinking deeply, when speaking Pronounce clearly Pronounce words distinctly and accurately. with exhausting effort With enormous effort. Have indistinct speech Pronounce indistinctly or stammer be manipulated by someone’s words To act according to another person’s words. Be a topic of conversation Become a topic on other people’s lips Collude and exchange information Vulgarly, agree in opinion and exchange information Click one's tongue Show displeasure or regret. Be tongue-tied Be unable to speak well through shock or confusion. move the tongue to speak For the tongue to move while speaking. Click one's tongue A vulgar expression for showing displeasure or regret by clicking one's tongue. 2 meanings wag one’s tongue Disparagingly, to speak. Endure with clenched resolve Forcibly endure something with difficulty Be astounded Be too surprised or dumbfounded to speak. 2 meanings mock someone or signal embarrassment To ridicule or disparage another person. Wag one’s tongue Disparagingly, speak 2 meanings Sit silently; slump in exhaustion Remain silent and still from gloom or displeasure. click one’s tongue To express displeasure or regret. Until one’s mouth hurts Until one’s mouth aches

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Have eroding gums Have one’s gums ulcerate and erode inward seethe inwardly To feel extremely resentful inwardly. grit one’s teeth To show firm determination by clenching one’s teeth to endure pain, anger, or the like. Be consumed by anger Become so angry or unable to contain one's fury that malicious resolve arises. be furious or utterly fed up To feel unbearably angry or thoroughly sick of something. 2 meanings Be chipped or incomplete For part of a vessel’s rim or a blade’s edge to break off Be nowhere near ready Have an inadequate level or degree of preparation for undertaking something Have no effect at all Elicit no response or acceptance, whatever one says or does. Gnash one's teeth in anger Resolve bitterly and await revenge, overcome by anger or indignation. seethe with anger or disgust To feel extremely angry or thoroughly sick of something. 2 meanings grit one’s teeth To make an extraordinary resolution to overcome a difficulty or obstacle beyond one’s strength. 2 meanings shoot one’s mouth off Coarsely, to tell others facts or matters one knows. Grind one’s teeth in rage A disparaging expression for becoming so angry or unable to restrain indignation that one develops a bitter resolve Have a glib tongue Slang: be skilled at talking. be furious or utterly fed up To feel unbearably angry or thoroughly sick of something. 2 meanings Balk at spending or shudder with anger Be so miserly that one is reluctant to part with anything

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Become skin and bones Become unsightly through emaciation. 2 meanings Make good use of one’s strength Perform one’s role using one’s strength or physique trim the fat To eliminate things that are not essential. Still be childish Literally, an infant’s cradle-cap scabs have not all fallen from the head; remain immature Dress oneself up Groom oneself and dress stylishly. be tenacious To have extraordinarily enduring, persistent nerve. Lose all heart Become discouraged and lose energy 2 meanings Develop hidden trouble; retain emotional scars Have hidden trouble develop in a matter. Be horrified Shudder and have one's hair stand on end at something horrifying. develop white skin patches For whitish blotches to appear on the skin. turn into body weight For what one eats to become flesh. Make grueling efforts Suffer and toil so severely that one’s body becomes emaciated Tremble all over Tremble all over through great fear or rage. settle down somewhere To make a place one’s base and live there permanently. flesh out To add various things to a basic foundation. Have sexual intercourse For a man and woman to have sexual intercourse Cutting, biting words Sharp and scathing words Have thick flesh Have much flesh on a bodily area, making it thick. Care with utter devotion Care so devotedly that one would cut off one's own flesh to feed the person. Want to give everything Want to give anything unstintingly. strip someone of everything To use every means to take everything away. Have hidden substance Have substance without showing it outwardly. develop a lacquer rash For lacquer exposure to make the skin sore and erupt in rashes. Have twitching muscles For muscles to quiver or twitch Allow no one to touch it Prevent anyone from touching something at all. feel firsthand To experience personally.

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be recklessly bold A coarse expression for becoming excessively bold. Be timid A vulgar expression for being undaring and extremely fearful Have tremendous nerve A vulgar expression for being fearless and very bold. build up one’s nerve Colloquially, to increase one’s courage and magnanimity. Have no courage or principles Submit to others without courage or firm principles. Get too damned bold A vulgar expression for becoming excessively bold. have a lot of guts A coarse expression meaning to be fearless and very bold. Build up one’s nerve Vulgarly, increase one’s courage and generosity of spirit barely make a dent in one’s hunger For the amount eaten to be so small that it is as good as eating nothing. act frivolously To behave frivolously. 2 meanings Be frantic or furious Face such urgency that one feels as though one’s liver is burning 2 meanings Be insufficient or unsatisfying Have eaten so little that it is as if one had eaten nothing Give everything to curry favor Give something important unstintingly to please someone. 2 meanings charm or torment To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. Flatter someone and strip them of everything Figuratively, take away everything valuable while outwardly flattering someone and pretending to treat them well. be on tenterhooks To be so worried and anxious that one cannot relax. 2 meanings Melt with delight or anxiety Feel more than ordinarily delighted because something pleases one Be shocked with fright Be greatly startled and shocked. Laugh for no reason An expression used to scold someone for laughing without reason tremble with fear To feel extremely frightened inwardly. Be badly startled Be greatly startled. be distraught To feel distressed from extreme anxiety or anguish. Tremble with fear Have one's heart pound from great fear or surprise. Get far too bold Become excessively daring be chilled with fright To be greatly startled by danger and fear. Become terrified Become extremely afraid or frightened Be timid Lack boldness and be very fearful. Feel anxious and uneasy Feel anxious and uneasy. be scared stiff To be so frightened that one cannot act confidently. Be scared stiff Become extremely afraid or frightened be bold To be fearless and very bold. Be consumed by worry Feel as though one is burning inside from excessive worry and distress Seem willing to give anything Figuratively, an attitude suggesting one would give anything without holding back

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Lay bare one’s heart Speak all one’s innermost thoughts without hiding anything Be terrified Be greatly startled. be terribly startled To be terribly startled. Be chilled with fright Be so startled that one feels a chill of terror Shrink with terror Describes great surprise and fear, suggesting that one's liver and gallbladder have shrunk to a mere handful. Be heartbroken Be terribly distressed or sad. 2 meanings charm or torment To win someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. Make someone fret Make someone extremely anxious and uneasy Be overwhelmed by grief or anger Find sorrow, anger, or the like so great that it is difficult to endure. 2 meanings be charmed or tormented To feel more than ordinarily delighted because one likes something. Be overcome with shock or disappointment Be so shocked or disappointed that it feels as though one’s liver has melted away Be deeply hurt Feel deeply wounded. be consumed by anxiety To be inwardly tormented by anxiety and worry. 2 meanings burst with rage An insulting expression meaning that one’s entrails burst. An illness becomes deeply entrenched Of an illness, penetrate so deeply into the body that it is hard to cure. cause deep anguish To shock, disappoint, or torment someone so severely that it is as though their entire liver and entrails melt away. Be utterly heartsick Be so shocked, disappointed, or anxious that one feels one’s liver entirely melting away Be reluctant to get up A vulgar expression for rarely getting up once one has sat down. be on the same wavelength Coarsely, to be in agreement with one another. lose one’s job Colloquially, to lose one’s job. feel sickened with resentment To find something offensive and disgusting. spill all one’s thoughts Coarsely, to reveal all the thoughts in one’s heart. Calm one’s anger Vulgarly, subdue or dispel one’s anger 2 meanings Act boldly; lose one's temper Vulgarly, act with audacity. feel sickened with irritation To find something offensive and disgusting. 2 meanings Feel nauseated or offended Feel so nauseated that one seems about to vomit. 2 meanings turn someone’s stomach or offend them To upset someone’s stomach so much that they feel about to vomit. Be spineless and senseless Behave without sound judgment or principles have great courage To have such great courage that one is fearless. 2 meanings captivate or torment intensely An emphatic expression for winning someone’s favor through honeyed words, flattery, or coquettish behavior. Make someone pine intensely An emphatic expression for causing intense distress and anxious longing. agonize with worry To suffer intense inner distress from anxiety and anguish. 2 meanings Melt with delight or anxiety An emphatic expression for feeling unusually delighted because something pleases one Be consumed by anxiety An emphatic expression for being distressed by extreme anxiety and impatience. be flighty To be too excited and unsettled to behave properly. Be utterly shameless Be completely brazen without regard for dignity Have a twisted mind Have a perverse mind. Change one’s heart completely An emphatic expression for changing one’s heart Get on someone's nerves Offend or irritate another person. Offend someone’s sensibilities Offend another person’s sensibilities Be unable to contain one's anger Be unable to bear one's fury. have a change of heart To have one’s mind change. suffer deep anguish To suffer severe emotional pain. Be torn by overwhelming emotion Find grief, anger, or the like so great that it is hard to bear Be torn with grief Have one's heart filled with unbearable grief or pain. act spinelessly Coarsely, to behave without backbone or propriety. be heartbroken To feel extreme anguish or sorrow. Act frivolously or laugh excessively Behave frivolously or laugh excessively

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stop beating A euphemistic expression for to die. Ignite people's enthusiasm Arouse people's feelings. engrave deeply in one’s heart An emphatic expression for remembering something firmly in one’s heart so it is not forgotten. Pierce the heart For an event or words to become deeply engraved in and stir the heart Strike at the core Recognize and see through the essential point. have strong nerve To have good tolerance and strong nerve. Have one’s heart race Feel anxious or excited Be timid Be weak-willed and shy. be timid and small-minded To be fearful, lacking boldness, and small-minded. Be fearless and broad-minded Be fearless, bold, and generous in scope 2 meanings Be overwhelmed by pain or joy Have one's heart so full of sorrow or pain that it is hard to endure.

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Be weighed down by a burden Have responsibilities or loads so heavy that one's ribs might bend. be weighed down by a burden For responsibilities or burdens to be so heavy that one’s ribs might bend. have a basic framework in place For a basic outline and framework to be formed when creating something. Be gravely ill For an illness to become extremely deep-seated Be deeply lodged in one's heart Remain unforgettable and deeply lodged in one's heart. be deeply ingrained For a thought or feeling to become deeply lodged in one’s heart so that it cannot escape. Cut to the marrow An emphatic expression for resentment, pain, or the like being so deep and strong that it seems to penetrate one’s bones Remember indelibly An emphatic expression for firmly remembering something in one's heart so as not to forget. Be chilled to the bone Feel a tingling chill deep in one’s bones from cold Wear out one's legs walking Have one's legs become extremely tired from walking a great deal. toil to the bone To suffer through difficult or arduous work. Work to the bone Figuratively, endure physical pain for a long time while performing arduous work. Through backbreaking hardship Figuratively, perform strenuous work while enduring physical suffering for a long time 2 meanings Make someone melt Make someone feel enchanted Grow into adulthood Grow to adulthood. 2 meanings Have good lineage or firm principles Have distinguished family lineage Be utterly crushed Be so outmatched in a fight that one suffers only losses with nothing left, as though not even bones could be gathered after death. suffer searing inner pain For emotional pain or the like to be extremely intense. Suffer excruciating pain Be so painful that it is extremely hard to endure Devote one's life to an organization Devote oneself to a group or organization for life. be skin and bones To become excessively thin through lack of food or severe illness. Be skin and bones Become excessively thin through hunger, severe illness, or the like Pierce to the bone Of resentment, pain, or the like, be so deep and intense as to penetrate the bones. engrave deeply in one’s heart An emphatic expression for remembering something firmly in one’s heart so it is not forgotten. Make something part of oneself Turn experience, ideas, theories, or the like into one’s firm convictions Be spiritually nourishing Be mentally or spiritually helpful. Cut to the very marrow An emphatic expression for resentment, pain, or the like being so deep and strong that it seems to penetrate one’s bones Drain one’s strength Exhaust someone’s vitality and leave them without strength Work oneself to exhaustion Perform extremely strenuous physical work. suffer to the marrow To suffer so much that even the insides of one’s bones hurt. Have long experience Become familiar with work through spending a long time in a particular place or workplace. 3 meanings grow up or come of age To grow up in a particular place from childhood. petition for retirement For an elderly courtier to ask the king for permission to relinquish office and retire.

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Exploit mercilessly Exploit or exact payments harshly. 2 meanings Pulse; surge vigorously Have one's pulse beat. 2 meanings take a pulse or gauge someone To examine the speed of a pulse. suffer losses To suffer damage or loss. have one’s blood surge A figurative expression for extreme agitation, meaning that blood gathers in the head. 2 meanings Have one’s blood boil or be full of vigor Have feelings or emotions surge up Become a source of strength Be of great help Have intense drive Have very strong will or motivation. be tortured by worry To be extremely distressed or anxious. Feel the bond of blood Have a special affinity between blood-related family members 2 meanings Be alive; be humanly connected Be alive. be utterly heartless To have no compassion whatsoever. Exploit harshly Exploit or exact payments cruelly. Toil with blood and sweat Make efforts with all one’s strength and devotion Cause bloodshed Cause many casualties 2 meanings Avenge blood with blood Of blood relatives, kill and fight one another. strip away hard-earned wealth To mercilessly take wealth someone has amassed through blood and sweat. Swear a firm oath Swear firmly to one another; from the former Chinese custom of drinking a sacrificial victim’s blood when making an oath Torment or worry intensely Torment someone severely or make them intensely anxious. inherit a bloodline To inherit a lineage. 2 meanings Cause bloodshed or suffer a heavy loss Have fighting cause bloodshed and casualties Cause bloodshed Cause people to be injured or killed. suck someone’s blood To exploit wealth, labor, or the like. Be exploited Have one’s property, labor, or the like exploited Bleed others dry Take and consume what others possess Cry out in fierce indignation Express intense righteous indignation. 2 meanings Shed blood; toil sacrificially Cause casualties through fighting. be bloodthirsty To desire killing and wounding. 2 meanings Weep blood or bitterly Weep while coughing up blood Be bloodthirsty Be filled with evil intent to kill or injure others. become part of oneself For knowledge, nutrients, or the like to be fully assimilated and become one’s own. Have veins bulge with anger Become so angry or excited that blood fills the neck veins and the face reddens Become angrily worked up Become angry or excited enough for neck veins to swell and the face to redden. Feel the pull of kinship Feel intimacy through blood ties.

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Bear down with all one's strength Push one's straining strength down into the lower abdomen. Have no room to breathe Be in circumstances that leave one unable to move or act freely 2 meanings Keep oneself alive Sustain one’s life Barely stay alive Barely maintain life by relying on something. Depend on something for survival Rely on or cling to something to live or sustain one’s life Hold someone's life in one's hands Have the power to decide the fate of someone's life as one pleases. pass away To stop breathing and die. Take a life Kill oneself or another person Seek a way to survive Try to find a way to live when close to death Dedicate one's life Work for something with one's life at stake. 2 meanings Take one's own life; work regardless of death Take one's own life. lose one’s life A euphemistic expression for to die. Hover between life and death Be at an extremely dangerous juncture Have no time to catch one’s breath Have no leisure even to calm one’s labored breathing without time to catch one’s breath Without enough respite even to calm one’s panting. Without a moment’s respite Extremely busily, without even time for a short rest Have no time to breathe Be extremely busy without even time for a short rest. Without a moment to breathe Very busily, without even time for a brief rest. have no time to breathe To be extremely busy with no time even for a short rest. without a moment to breathe Urgently, with no time to compose oneself. Without pausing for breath Hurriedly, with no leisure. be unable to express oneself freely To be unable to express or assert thoughts, feelings, or force freely. Breathe one’s last A euphemistic expression for “to die” Suffocate Have one's breathing blocked and fall into suffocation. end a life To kill oneself or another person. Breathe one’s last Cease to breathe and die 2 meanings Catch one's breath; take a break Calm rapid breathing. be alive and active To move or operate while alive. 2 meanings Be breathlessly demanding or oppressive For something to be extremely taxing or urgent Die A euphemistic expression for “to die” Pass away A euphemistic expression for dying. a frantic cry A sound uttered urgently in extreme haste. 2 meanings Feel suffocated or intense tension Feel so stifled that one can hardly breathe Be barely alive Remain barely alive. 3 meanings subside For heat, cold, or the like to pass its severe peak. Be extremely breathless Be very short of breath. 3 meanings Feel relief or find a livelihood Have one’s mind calm down Kill A vulgar expression for “kill” (homonym 1). tighten the noose To bring a vital or decisive point under control. give breathing room To resolve a constraining difficulty. Die A vulgar expression for the euphemistic “one’s breathing ceases,” meaning “to die” Feel suffocated with frustration Feel so frustrated that one can hardly breathe Carry a cherished touch Contain the affection with which something was cherished Have nothing to do Have no business activity or work to do 2 meanings Gape in astonishment; stand aloof Open one's mouth wide in astonishment at something extraordinary or absurd. Take a breather Get through a difficult crisis and gain some respite. take a brief rest To rest briefly while doing something. Breathe a sigh of relief Gain some peace of mind after escaping worry or a difficult crisis act in harmony To understand another’s intentions or thoughts well and keep pace with them. Coordinate smoothly Work with a good understanding of one another’s actions and intentions Work in harmony Have thoughts and intentions agree when working.

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