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It may be the most overused idiom to ever exist, but life is short; the only way to live it is to try our hardest to like it.

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It’s those small gestures during their hangouts — like Dennis refraining from correcting Roman’s misuse of idioms — that forge a special if imbalanced dynamic as they try to fill their respective voids.

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It's hard to miss the evidence: huge, bright ads of chilli-laced dishes and, sometimes, Chinese idioms, in malls, buses and subway stations.

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There’s truth in the old idiom: Knowledge is power.

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The way you incorporate Spanish words and idioms into the novel makes me feel like I’m inside the culture.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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