Discussion Your preferred idiom in Wuxia, Xianxia & Xuanhuan is...

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What is your preferred or most hated idiom?

  1. You are courting death!

    36 vote(s)
    37.1%

  2. I was entertaining angels unawares

    2 vote(s)
    2.1%

  3. Coughing blood (figurative)

    32 vote(s)
    33.0%

  4. You can't see Mount Tai!

    34 vote(s)
    35.1%

  5. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry...

    28 vote(s)
    28.9%

  6. Mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

    22 vote(s)
    22.7%

  7. You don't know how to write the word death!

    5 vote(s)
    5.2%

  8. Giving me face!

    21 vote(s)
    21.6%

  9. A carp leaping through the dragon gate

    10 vote(s)
    10.3%

  10. Pretend to be a Pig, to eat the Tiger!

    13 vote(s)
    13.4%

  11. New A toad wishing to eat swan meat!

    5 vote(s)
    5.2%

  12. You don't know how high the heavens are!

    5 vote(s)
    5.2%

  13. His face/heart sank

    2 vote(s)
    2.1%

  14. Stumbling around like headless flies

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  15. Fishing in troubled waters!

    2 vote(s)
    2.1%

  16. A frog sitting in a well

    1 vote(s)
    1.0%
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  1. Anon Ymous

    Anon Ymous Well-Known Member

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    you forgot the most death seeking sentence: "You trash, hands over the (treasure, girls,skill) you don't deserve (it,her or him)
     
    Anon Ymous, Feb 22, 2019
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  2. Meloman

    Meloman My dog is lazier than me

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    I think it’s lose rice while trying to catch a chicken something

    Edit, sorry didn’t see the comment above.
     
    Meloman, Feb 22, 2019
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    Superioreos Well-Known Member

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    Does "killing every dog and chicken" count?
     
    Superioreos, Feb 22, 2019
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    djsosonut Well-Known Member

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    A toad wishing to eat swan meat!
     
    djsosonut, Feb 22, 2019
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  5. deepon

    deepon One who inevitably awakens

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    Wasn't there another common phrase "Half the effort, twice the result". Basically a long winded way of saying quadruple , cuz you can't count beyond 3.
     
    deepon, Feb 22, 2019
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  6. NasVersix

    NasVersix [Natural A-hole]

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    Where's mah swan-eating toad at?
     
    NasVersix, Feb 22, 2019
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  7. Anon Ymous

    Anon Ymous Well-Known Member

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    got eaten by random passing dog
     
    Anon Ymous, Feb 22, 2019
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  8. NasVersix

    NasVersix [Natural A-hole]

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    Is the dog damned single tho?
     
    NasVersix, Feb 22, 2019
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  9. Neigh

    Neigh "Lich-King" "Harem-Fan" "Tragedy-Hater"

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    Haha every Time i read in a Novel "give me Face" etc. i just laugh. they have done crap/wrong and when they got the short end of the Stick and still dont want to lose anything they all say "just give me face".:cookie:
     
    Neigh, Feb 22, 2019
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  10. The Hamster Overlord

    The Hamster Overlord Mad scientist/Revered wizard/Alleged antichrist

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    YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH THE HEAVENS ARE!!!
    THIS DADDY WILL TEACH YOU A LESSON, BRAT!!!
     
    The Hamster Overlord, Feb 22, 2019
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  11. vlue

    vlue Jaded Isekai-Reader

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    Every time a females beauty is describe Jade-like skin should be mandatory in Xianxia novels.
     
    vlue, Feb 22, 2019
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  12. Bakaturq

    Bakaturq Tell me, what do you see?

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    Lol, wasn't there a CN novel mc who likes to keep repeating: 30 years on the north side of the river, 30 years on the west side of the river, don't bully a youngster who is poor (30年河东，30年河西，末欺少年穷)
     
    Bakaturq, Feb 22, 2019
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    Lazriser Well-Known Member

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    Where the hell did "I was entertaining angels unaware" came from? I don't recall any cultivation novel saying this or at least never seen this idiom used multiple times in different cultivation novels.
     
    Lazriser, Feb 22, 2019
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  14. Panzaro

    Panzaro It's just mayonnaise~

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    Panzaro, Feb 22, 2019
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  15. shinobimike22

    shinobimike22 Well-Known Member

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    Toad-senpai x Swan-chan = A toad wishing to eat swan meat.
     
    shinobimike22, Feb 22, 2019
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  16. kfahad

    kfahad 『The Lurker Beast』『Beast fallen』

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    This one, you I read from BTTH and Perfect world I think.
     
    kfahad, Feb 22, 2019
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  17. ElefantVerd

    ElefantVerd It's not me, and it's not you.

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    A crap leaping through the dragon gate.
     
    ElefantVerd, Feb 22, 2019
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  18. ElefantVerd

    ElefantVerd It's not me, and it's not you.

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    His face sank...
    [​IMG]
     
    ElefantVerd, Feb 22, 2019
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  19. ElefantVerd

    ElefantVerd It's not me, and it's not you.

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    ...not sure if it's about angels. The chinese text says... what? who am I trying to fool, I can't read chinese and don't even know where are the raws.
     
    ElefantVerd, Feb 22, 2019
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  20. ElefantVerd

    ElefantVerd It's not me, and it's not you.

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    Oh, and there's all those idioms about eating flies or killing them in the face wrinkles or wandering like headless flies.

    "The wrinkles on his face were so crunched together that they could even trap flies."
     
    ElefantVerd, Feb 22, 2019
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