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

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  1. otaku31

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    A good dog does not block the road - idiom used by MC to refer to the Young Master's underlings
     
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    If your enemy kills you, you win.
    *sarcasm*
     
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    Mc is so buff he can walk side ways.

    Meaning he is really powerful
     
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  4. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    Oh yeah, I remember in a CN novel someone said, "If you become my disciple, you can walk sideways around the capital."
     
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    Time doesn't wait for anyone, so you can stop counting seconds.
    When you know you are going to fall, don't fall alone.
    life is a lesson, have a happy reincarnation.
     
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    That one came in Undefeated God of War
     
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    Like giving wings to a tiger
     
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    "he who stirs shit will lick the spoon"
     
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    "I, your father, have a big sausage."

    -Douluo Dalu

    "It's Immoral!"

    -Meat Jelly from ISSTH

    “Unrivaled genius doctor, no disease unable to cure.”
    “If unable to cure, cut off own JJ.”

    -ATG

    "Fueeeee!" / "Fumu"

    -some jp webnovel.
     
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    "Not sure whether to laugh or cry" Coiling Dragon

    Of course "Courting death" is a common one that shows up in most Chines wuxia novels.
     
  11. LysUltima

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    That's so common that I forget that it's an idiom...
     
  12. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    You seem to like it when the author mentions a certain part...
     
  13. LysUltima

    LysUltima Riichi! Tsumo! Toitoi! Suuankou!?

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    The middle one is nice~
     
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    fuzor100 Standby mode...

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    Because I'm Li Qiye!
    There was no one in my sight, I alone am invincible!
     
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    Brother Guang, life is like getting raped. If you can't avoid it then you can only enjoy it.


    <_< can this count as one? If it doesn't who cares... >_>
     
  16. KnightN00

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    Pfft...
     
  17. KnightN00

    KnightN00 A single dog cultivator of LNMTL sect

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    How about "stay low-key"
     
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    Skullie [Lonely][I want cat :(]

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    Junior you're seeking death!! -Emperor Domination (almost every chapter)
     
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    Skullie [Lonely][I want cat :(]

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    I forgot another one that is my favorite
    "TAKE IT LIKE A MAN"
    There
     
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    "Take a piss and use it as a mirror to examine yourself to see if you are worthy"

    or something along those lines but it definitely had a piss mirror.
     
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