User Yoichi Oishi

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Is there English counterpart(s) to Japanese old saying, “Present salt to your enemy.”?

asked Jun 25, 2013 at 11:15

101 votes

12 answers

219k views

What is the difference between an Emperor and a King?

asked Apr 2, 2012 at 20:34

92 votes

14 answers

26k views

Is there really no English equivalent to German's “Fachidiot”?

asked May 25, 2016 at 5:47

64 votes

25 answers

17k views

Are there counterpart English expressions to Japanese proverb, "the nail that pops up is always hammered down?

asked Jul 18, 2013 at 23:26

61 votes

17 answers

12k views

What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

asked Oct 5, 2014 at 7:12

58 votes

5 answers

12k views

What does “Your hair is so white now, it can talk back to police” mean?

asked Apr 26, 2015 at 22:23

57 votes

12 answers

8k views

What's the English equivalent of the Japanese saying, “A fart ruins 100 days of sermons by the priest (bishop)”?

asked Jan 25, 2013 at 9:25

54 votes

8 answers

349k views

When your 10-year old boy says “It’s meta,” what does it mean? In what situation and of what sort of object they use this phrase?

asked Nov 16, 2011 at 20:44

53 votes

8 answers

9k views

English counterpart to Japanese signal word, “Dokkoisho”

asked Jun 21, 2011 at 19:51

49 votes

1 answer

3k views

What does “Barack Obama’s real crime is presiding while black” mean?

asked Aug 25, 2013 at 4:07

48 votes

12 answers

9k views

Are there English proverbs that warn against “speaking up” in front of people?

asked Jun 14, 2016 at 22:49

43 votes

5 answers

483k views

What does “covfefe” exactly mean?

asked May 31, 2017 at 22:05

34 votes

3 answers

9k views

What does “Pitchforks change hands” and “Pitchforks have their uses” mean?

asked Feb 27, 2017 at 1:55

34 votes

6 answers

11k views

What is the difference between Ukraine and the Ukraine?

asked Mar 6, 2014 at 11:44

33 votes

6 answers

9k views

Who is “That Guy”?

asked Sep 1, 2011 at 22:26

32 votes

3 answers

16k views

What does President Obama’s phrase “We don’t need to spike the football” mean?

asked May 5, 2011 at 0:44

32 votes

4 answers

27k views

What does “There she blows’” mean?

asked Jun 16, 2014 at 21:07

30 votes

23 answers

16k views

Are there metaphoric English expressions meaning “keeping composure at a fatal moment, never panicky”?

asked Apr 9, 2014 at 10:34

29 votes

5 answers

16k views

What is the standard rule for using or not using hyphen and diaeresis on the words like reelect , reexamine, and cooperate?

asked Apr 29, 2012 at 5:50

28 votes

4 answers

432k views

What does “10-4 ” mean?

asked May 6, 2012 at 21:55

27 votes

7 answers

11k views

Is a lengthy combination of words with hyphens like “the worst not-technically-in-a-recession year in American history” a new fashion of writing?

asked Oct 1, 2012 at 0:44

27 votes

5 answers

13k views

How popular is the word “cromulent”? If I use this word in conversation with native speakers, doesn’t it look out of place?

asked Nov 22, 2011 at 21:06

27 votes

6 answers

5k views

Are “Referendum” and “Plebiscite” the same in the meaning, or different in the meaning and nuance?

asked Nov 5, 2016 at 23:01

26 votes

12 answers

22k views

What do you call the child who doesn’t resemble his / her parents in English?

asked Apr 1, 2014 at 11:48

26 votes

8 answers

4k views

Are there similar expressions to the Japanese saying “I want to die on a tatami mat”?

asked Feb 15, 2015 at 8:43

26 votes

8 answers

7k views

What does “bupkes” mean?

asked Aug 29, 2014 at 5:28

25 votes

4 answers

7k views

What does President Obama's “pro-knowledge” remark mean?

asked May 16, 2016 at 22:24

25 votes

8 answers

7k views

What does the phrase, a person (who) is “a pair of khaki pants inside a Manila envelope” mean?

asked Dec 2, 2020 at 3:32

25 votes

5 answers

247k views

What does the gesture to touch the side of your nose with a forefinger mean? [closed]

asked Sep 9, 2011 at 0:20

24 votes

10 answers

8k views

What does ‘If she’s a feminist, then I’m a T. Rex’ mean? [duplicate]

asked Oct 7, 2015 at 2:27

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Is there English counterpart(s) to Japanese old saying, “Present salt to your enemy.”?

What is the difference between an Emperor and a King?

Is there really no English equivalent to German's “Fachidiot”?

Are there counterpart English expressions to Japanese proverb, "the nail that pops up is always hammered down?

What is the English equivalent to the Chinese/Japanese saying, “塞翁失馬— Life is like Old Sai’s horse”?

What does “Your hair is so white now, it can talk back to police” mean?

What's the English equivalent of the Japanese saying, “A fart ruins 100 days of sermons by the priest (bishop)”?

When your 10-year old boy says “It’s meta,” what does it mean? In what situation and of what sort of object they use this phrase?

English counterpart to Japanese signal word, “Dokkoisho”

What does “Barack Obama’s real crime is presiding while black” mean?

Are there English proverbs that warn against “speaking up” in front of people?

What does “covfefe” exactly mean?

What does “Pitchforks change hands” and “Pitchforks have their uses” mean?

What is the difference between Ukraine and the Ukraine?

Who is “That Guy”?

What does President Obama’s phrase “We don’t need to spike the football” mean?

What does “There she blows’” mean?

Are there metaphoric English expressions meaning “keeping composure at a fatal moment, never panicky”?

What is the standard rule for using or not using hyphen and diaeresis on the words like reelect , reexamine, and cooperate?

What does “10-4 ” mean?

Is a lengthy combination of words with hyphens like “the worst not-technically-in-a-recession year in American history” a new fashion of writing?

How popular is the word “cromulent”? If I use this word in conversation with native speakers, doesn’t it look out of place?

Are “Referendum” and “Plebiscite” the same in the meaning, or different in the meaning and nuance?

What do you call the child who doesn’t resemble his / her parents in English?

Are there similar expressions to the Japanese saying “I want to die on a tatami mat”?

What does “bupkes” mean?

What does President Obama's “pro-knowledge” remark mean?

What does the phrase, a person (who) is “a pair of khaki pants inside a Manila envelope” mean?

What does the gesture to touch the side of your nose with a forefinger mean? [closed]

What does ‘If she’s a feminist, then I’m a T. Rex’ mean? [duplicate]