two-forty
A very fast speed.
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two-forty on a plank road
A very fast speed.
two-four
A case of twenty-four bottles or cans of beer.
two-handed game
A game or proposal in which the chances are fairly even; a situation where one will get as good as one gives.
two-tap
To kill an enemy in two shots.
two-time loser
A person who has been sentenced to prison for a second time, especially for a major crime.
two-to-one
The pawnbroker's sign of three balls.
twoc
To steal (especially a car).
twonager
A two-year-old toddler who is now more independent and difficult, involving refusals, demands and tantrums; a toddler experiencing their terrible twos developmental stage.
twonk
A stupid person.
twoosh
A tweet which exactly meets the 280-character (previously 140) limit set by microblogging service Twitter.
twopenny
A person's head.
twopenny rope
A rope stretched out in a low doss-house in order to suspend a kind of hammock of sacking on which a person can sleep.
twos
The cells located on the first floor.
TWT
A piece of fan fiction not set in any particular time period.
twunk
A muscular twink.
twunky
Being or resembling a twunk (“muscular twink”).
twunt
A fool; an extremely objectionable person.
twuntery
Extremely foolish or objectionable behaviour.
tyke
someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
type
Very, extremely.
type out
To write out on a computer keyboard.
type shit
An expression of agreement or approval.
type up
To type (a document) in its final, presentable form.
typewriter
A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
typhoon fifth
An 1800-ml bottle of spirits, especially sake.
tyre biter
A police officer.
TYs
Students doing a transition year.
ta nắm đằng chuôi
We hold the handle end — the safe grip in whatever is about to swing.
ta về ta tắm ao ta, dù trong dù đục, ao nhà vẫn hơn
Home again, I bathe in my own pond — clear or murky, the home pond is still better — belonging over perfection.
tai liền miệng đấy
Ears wired straight to mouth — much said, nothing retained, no one listening.
tai qua nạn khỏi
to get out of danger; to get away unscathed
tai to mặt lớn
having power or influence in society; powerful; influential
tai vách mạch dừng
walls have ears
tai vách, mạch rừng
"What you say may be overheard; used as a warning.".
tam ngu thành hiền
Three fools make a sage — enough dull heads together strike one wise spark.
tam ngôn lưỡng ngữ
Three words and two phrases — the briefest of exchanges.
tam nhơn đồng hành tất hữu ngã sư diên
Three walking together, one is my teacher — company always contains a lesson, counting yourself in.
tam sinh hữu hạnh
The luck of three lifetimes — an honor so great it must have been saved up across incarnations.
tam đa, ngũ phước
The three abundances and five blessings — sons, wealth and rank; long life, riches, health, loved virtue, a good end.
tan cửa nát nhà
Gate shattered, house crushed — ruin completed at the architectural level.
tao khang
A wife who stayed with her partner since the beginning through thick and thin
tay bưng dĩa muối chấm gừng, gừng cay muối mặn xin đừng quên nhau
Hands lifting the salt dish and ginger — ginger hot, salt sharp: let us not forget each other — hardship shared is the bond.
tay không chơn rồi
Empty hands, idle feet — no estate, no employment, nothing yet begun.
tay làm hàm nhai
Close to the English saying: “He that does not work shall not eat.”.
tay nâng khăn gói sang sông Mồ hôi ướt đẫm, thương chồng phải theo
Bundle raised, she crosses the river — soaked in sweat, she follows for love of her husband.
tay sách nách mang
Hands full, armpits laden — carrying to capacity and past it.
TCN
initialism of trước Công Nguyên (“before the Common Era”)
tham buổi giỗ lổ buổi cày
Chasing the feast-day, forfeiting the plow-day — one gain always billed to another loss.
tham bát bỏ mâm
Grabbing the bowl and dropping the tray — snatching the small gain and losing the great one.
tham gia lớp thể dục
to take a fitness class
tham như mõ
Greedy as the town crier's clapper — hungry for every last thing.
tham sinh uý tử
to value one's life so much to the point of being cowardly
tham sinh úy tử
Clinging to life, cowering from death — survival at the price of all dignity.
tham thì thâm
Close to the English saying: “Grasp all, lose all.”.
tham thì thâm dầm thì đen
Greed cuts deep as soaking dyes dark — the grasping hand comes back stained.
tham thực cực thân
Greedy eating, weary body — the stomach writes checks the frame must cash.
tham vui chịu lận,
Chasing the fun, accepting the fleecing — the gambler pays admission to his own ruin.
tham vì nết, chẳng hết chi người
Covet the character, not the looks — nothing else in a person outlasts their conduct.
tham đắc vô yếm
Grasping without ever gorging — the appetite that no acquisition quiets.