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im lặng tức là đồng ý

Silence gives consent.

Tiếng Việt Proverb Attested

inh tai nhức óc

discordant and intolerable

Tiếng Việt Idiom Attested

ích kỉ hại nhơn

Profit to self, harm to others — gain whose invoice goes to one's neighbors.

Tiếng Việt Idiom Attested

ít thầy đầy đãy

Fewer monks, fuller alms-bags — the fewer who share, the fatter each portion.

Tiếng Việt Proverb Attested

'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

English Proverb Candidate

I am a peg too low

I am low-spirited, moody; I want another draught to cheer me up. Our Saxon ancestors used tankards with pegs in- serted at equal intervals, so that when two or more drank from the same bowl no one might exceed his fair proportion (cp. PIN — In merry pin). We are told that St. Dunstan introduced the fashion to prevent brawling.

English Idiom Historical

I am all ear

All attention. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.

English Idiom Historical

I am at a dead lift

In a strait or difficulty where I greatly need help ; a hopeless exigency. A dead lift is the lifting of a dead or inactive body, which must be done by sheer force.

English Idiom Historical

I bid you good night

I wish you good night, or I pray that you may have a good night. "Bid him welcome.

English Idiom Historical

I calculate

A peculiarity of expression common in the western states of North

English Idiom Historical

I can tell you

I am able to inform or explain something to you

English Idiom Candidate

I can't hear you over the sound of

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I can't lie

To be honest or truthful

English Idiom Candidate

I cap to that

I assent to it. The allusion is to a custom among French judges. Those who assent to the opinion stated by any of the bench signify it by lifting their toque from their heads.

English Idiom Historical

I choose violence

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I could eat a horse

To be extremely hungry

English Idiom Candidate

I don't fancy yours

I don't like your idea or proposal

English Idiom Candidate

I don't know about that

Expressing doubt or uncertainty about something

English Idiom Candidate

I fear

used to express a polite or formal warning

English Idiom Candidate

I feel like a stepchild

Said by one who is being left out of the fun or getting none of the titbits. Step-children are proverbially treated by the step-parent with somewhat less con- sideration than the others.

English Idiom Historical

I got eggs for my money

I gave valuable money, and received such worthless things as eggs. When Wolsey accused the Earl of Kildare for not taking Desmond prisoner, the Earl replied, "He is no more to blame than his brother Ossory, who (notwithstanding his high promises) is glad to take eggs for his money," i.e. is willing to be imposed on. (CAMPION: History of Ireland, 1633.

English Idiom Historical

I hardly know her

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I have a bridge to sell you

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I have eggs on the spit

I am very busy, and cannot attend to anything else. The reference is to roasting eggs on a spit. They were first boiled, then the yolk was taken out, braided up with spices, and put back again; the eggs were then drawn on a spit, and roasted. As this required both dispatch and constant attention, the person in charge could not leave them.

English Idiom Historical

I have had my day

My prime of life is over ; Old Joe, sir . . . was a bit of a favourite . . . once; but he has had his day, — DICKENS: Dombey and Son.

English Idiom Historical

I have lost a day

The exclamation (Perdidi diem) of Titus, the Roman emperor, when on one occasion he could call to mind nothing done during the past day for the benefit of his subjects.

English Idiom Historical

I have my weather-eye open

I have my wits about me; I know what I am after. The weather-eye is towards the wind to forecast the weather.

English Idiom Historical

I have other fish to fry

I am busy and cannot attend to anything else just now. Neither fish, flesh, nor fowl ; or neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring. Suitable to no class of people; neither one thing nor another. Not fish (food for the monk), not flesh (food for the people generally), nor yet red herring (food for paupers).

English Idiom Historical

I just work here

I don't have authority or control

English Idiom Candidate

I know my price. (William Shakespeare)

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

English Proverb Candidate

I make bold to say

I take the liberty of saying; I venture to say. Bolerium Promontory (bol e' ri iim). Land's End; the Bellerium (see BELLERUS) of the Romans.

English Idiom Historical

I must

The French say : "llfaut marcher quand le diable est aux trousses"; and the Italians: "Bisogna andare, quando il diavolo & nella coda,"

English Idiom Historical

I never did

Used to express that something was never done or experienced

English Idiom Candidate

I never miss

always attends or watches something

English Idiom Candidate

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. (Nathan Hale)

English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.

English Proverb Candidate

I rest my case

I have presented enough evidence to support my argument

English Idiom Candidate

I secured him

Is. (xxii, 23) says, "I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place.

English Idiom Historical

I see, said the blind man

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I smell a rat

I perceive there is something concealed which is mischievous. The allusion is to a cat smelling a rat, while unable to see it.

English Idiom Historical

I take it

I understand or assume something is true

English Idiom Candidate

I take you at your word

I will act in reliance upon what you tell me. Word 969 Worm Many words will not fill a bushel. Mere promises will not help the needy. If we say to a beggar, "Be thou filled," is he filled?

English Idiom Historical

I tell a lie

I'm about to say something untrue

English Idiom Candidate

I tell you

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I told him to his beard

I told him to his face, regardless of consequences; I spoke to him openly and fearlessly.

English Idiom Historical

I wish

Expresses a desire or hope for something

English Idiom Candidate

I would

used to express polite refusal or hesitation

English Idiom Candidate

I Zingari

An exclusive nomadic cricket club, founded in 1845 by William Bolland, The club has no ground of its own.

English Idiom Historical

I'd like to see someone try

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I'd say

used to express a tentative opinion

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be

used to express agreement or confirmation

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be a monkey's uncle

I'm extremely surprised

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be bound

I am certain or sure

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be damned

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be danged

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

I'll be here all night

Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.

English Idiom Candidate

i'll dust your jacket for you

Give you a good beating; also used with doublet, trousers, etc., in place of jacket. See quotation from Smollett, under DOUSE IN THE CHOPS.

English Idiom Historical

i'll give him beans

I'll give him a thrashing. There is a similar French proverb, S'il me donne des pois, je lid donnerai des feves (i.e. If he gives me peas I will give him beans), I will give him tit for tat, a Roland for an Oliver.

English Idiom Historical

i'll hear it from the horse's mouth

Learn something directly from the original source

English Proverb Candidate

i'll pay him out

I'll be a match for him, I'll punish him. They with a foxe-tale him soundly did paye. The King cind Northern Man (1640).

English Idiom Historical

i'll pluck his goose for him

I'll cut his crest, lower his pride, make him eat humble pie. Comparing the person to a goose, the threat is to pluck off his feathers in which he prides himself.

English Idiom Historical