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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase that fits a meaning. If you are looking for a word, or don't care, see the "word-request" tag too.
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What's the proper phrase for "退一万步说(back-stepping ten thousand steps)" in English
The phrase "退一万步说(back-stepping ten thousand steps, or taking ten thousand steps back)" is normally used for stressing that the gap between the two sides are so wide, or the topics in discussion is so …
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Better way to say "No bulls--t"
I'm the person who like concise, and don't like the literature style stuffing in lots of irrelevant information to distract you from the main idea. So when I saw a book called "No bullshit Java", I kn …
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What are the common interjections for unpleasant suprises besides alas
From http://www.tfd.com/alas, alas means
to express sorrow, regret, grief, compassion, or apprehension of danger or evil.
Would people say it in their everyday speaking English, or it is for wri …
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How to express looking from the outside, and inside, the "outside-look" and "inside-truth"
Many times, things are not what they look like from the outside. What are the two words describing such outside-look and inside-truth?
For example,
He looks casual, but he is a sincere person d …
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What's the term for the investment/yield ratio?
One online-dictionary says it is
input-output ratio
But to me, that doesn't convey the idea of investment & yield at all.
BTW, the corresponding Chinese is "投入产出比", just for people to search, …
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Idiom for "one-after-another"
Looking for an idiom that describe such situation that one event entails another. I.e., describing mostly for troublesome/negative events that comes one-after-another. "long-tailed"?
For example,
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Better / proper translation of "包容" in English
I looked at the translation of "包容" in English, and both google translate and the collinsdictionary say it means "tolerate".
However, that's not the meaning/message/idea I want to convey, as my unders …
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Proper way to say, thanks for your "careness"
What is the proper way to say, if I want to express, thanks for your "careness"?
I mean, I want to express, thanks for being care about me, i.e., thanking them for always having me on their mind, (o …
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What are the phrases for silly choices
What are the phrases for "giving up something big for something small", emphasizing that it is not a smart move? E.g., in one TV episode, the main character thinks gathering golf balls from ponds in a …
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The 'glory details' or 'gory details'
Are people saying the 'glory details' or 'gory details'?
I thought it is the 'gory details', but I found many examples saying the 'glory details' from here as well.
What's the correct one?
Or shoul …
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Friendly and informal way to say requesting something above one's "pay grade"
OK, I know that even my title doesn't make much sense, so here are the details of the situation:
I asked my colleague to do certain things, and he refused. So, if my boss asks why he refused, instea …
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Formal way of saying "cutting"
Say there is a very long article, I took it, then cut/shrink/excerpt it to a much shorter version.
What the proper way to express the meaning/action of cut/shrink/excerpt, but in a respectful way? …
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The formal way of saying "keep away from"
What's the legal term for "keep away from" / "keep a distance from"? I'm looking for a verb that means/expresses such a concept.
What I really want is not the legal term but what those people says i …
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The concise way to express the idea "I don't know Python" within a sentence
I want to say that I don't know Python (a programming language), whose precise meaning is that I have zero knowledge on Python. I want to say it in a concise way, i.e., using it as a construction part …
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How to express "please be reminded"
What are the polite ways to remind people of things that they have apparently forgot? Is it Ok/normal to say "please be reminded that ..."?
I know generally speaking, it's better to use "I" instead o …
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