Text matches for “不”

not be accustomed to eating sth / not be used to certain food

to be unsure about a matter / to be uncertain / to be unable to make sense of sth

be unpopular / won't work

ruthless / vicious and greedy

lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first

arduous and thankless task (idiom) / strenuous and unrewarding

(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying) / (fig.) (of a person) too slow / can't keep up

Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

susceptible to force but not persuasion

to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest

lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) / amenable to coaxing but not coercion

to be quite varied / each one is different

unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked

the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.

(of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred

the name does not correspond to reality (idiom) / it doesn't live up to its reputation

a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist

lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold

unclear / indistinct / ambiguous

to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet

to have a cash flow problem

(idiom) to chatter endlessly / to talk nonstop

at death's door

lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.

lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless

deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)

lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom) / to touch a sore spot / to talk about sb's weak point

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / both funny and extremely embarrassing / between laughter and tears

to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)

to be unable to breathe easily

to be unable to breathe

unable to contain one's joy (idiom)

unable to contain one's joy (idiom)

(proverb) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest

a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)

to have a loose tongue

to punish severely (idiom)

common name for 麋鹿[mí lù], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago

never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom) / living as a parasite

to feel perplexed