Text matches for “不”

(lit.) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / (fig.) many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it

teenage / in one's teens / adolescent

to not fully understand / to only partly understand

dull (lamplight)

underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting

paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia

to not fully understand (idiom)

shallow / not thorough / superficial

not worth mentioning

to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)

standing out from the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / preeminent

standing above the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / excellent and unrivaled

extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger

national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects) / the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue

to refuse would be impolite

missing / lost

(idiom) variable / uneven / irregular

lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

limitless supply (of) / inexhaustible

to say one thing but mean another / to dissimulate

to speak incoherently / to ramble / to talk irresponsibly

to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate

can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / mysterious and subtle

to know the first, but not know the second (idiom) / only partial information

can't see the wood for the trees

only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi

to be all talk and no action

to complain without stopping (idiom) / to bitch endlessly / incessant grievances

may be done once and once only / just this once

(coll.) exactly! / indeed / that's for sure

can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / mysterious and subtle

(idiom) in sight but beyond reach / unattainable / inaccessible

can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously

unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal

not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more

lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences

to be unable to bear or support

to be unaccustomed to certain food / to not be keen on certain food

sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them