Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
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without rules, how can anything be done (idiom) / one must follow some rules
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
unable to return the favor
no way to get by
to be left speechless / unable to respond
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
similar things come together (idiom) / like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom) / Birds of a feather flock together.
(lit.) (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / (fig.) to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty
to return only a blank stare / to stare back
(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so
to give / to grant
to become accustomed to sth through long practice
deeply ingrained / steeped in
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
to find some consolation (idiom) / to find relief in
to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
since ancient times
for as long as one can remember
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
to treat a debility according to its nature
supplemented by / accompanied by / with
doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)
for a long time now / long since
hard to accomplish / difficult to achieve
hard to deal with / hard to handle
elusive / hard to pin down / enigmatic
unsusceptible to change / deeply entrenched
(idiom) difficult to carry on / unsustainable
hard to understand / incomprehensible
cannot control oneself (idiom) / to be beside oneself
to thump repeatedly with one's fist
Israel
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