What are you guys' favorite idioms that appear in novels here?

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  1. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Like, "Frog in a well," "Frog eating the flesh of a swan," "Thin camel > fat horse," and "Beauty that can cause the fall of nations."

    What are your favorite?
    Summon @L4 @MangoGuy
     
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  2. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    "I have eyes but can't see Mt. Tai"
    Is mine.
    It even rhymes!
     
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    Not my fav but I seem to like using this idiom : it's rare like Qilin horns or Phoenix feathers...
     
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    "I promise I won't beat you."
    "A good dog doesn't block the road."

    And other idioms I can't recall off the top of my head right now.
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Oh, some nice ones~~
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    A common one that nobody (at least not me) remembers...

    (y)
     
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    I was gonna drop some Mt Tai, but since that's been said I'll go with
    "Do you know who my young master is!?"

    Not an idiom, but fight me!
     
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    Love life is like a sports car, You don't have one - me
     
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  9. Ophis

    Ophis 『God Slayer』 『Dragon God』 『Harem Seeker』

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    - Satisfying thirst by drinking poison.
    - The mantis stalks the cicada unaware of the oriole behind.
    - Spitting towards the sky.
    - Trying to break stone with an egg.
    - Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
    - Send you to the Western Paradise.
    - Being sold and help count the money.
    - Fishing in troubled waters.

    There are a few more, but these are the ones I particularly like.
     
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    Life is like rape, if you can't resist, you can only enjoy.
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    XDDD

    Great non-idiom Not going to fight you though...
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    You missed the fisherman one
     
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    that confucius meme is one of the best that I ever found on the web
     
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    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Agreed.
     
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    Cutter Masterson Well-Known Super-Soldier

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    I see a lot of:
    "Your seeking death"
     
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    This one still makes me smile.

    "It's your loss if you mind it."
     
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    Didn't know if he should cry or laugh ...
    Wanted to cry but no tears came out ...
     
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    That's the worst thing I've ever heard. Whoever came up with that is an @hole that deserves to the be single for the rest of his life.

    His mom too for giving birth to him.

    No personal hate intended @Haters gonna Hate just whoever came up with that.
     
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    mine is not though
     
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  20. Blitz

    Blitz ⛈️ awakened from the reverie❄️

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    Let's see most of them are done so how about a classic
    .Not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
     
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