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A 2018-06-20 12:03:49 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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OK |
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A* 2018-06-17 20:13:57 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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Can we simplify the gloss? |
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-<gloss>saying outright what is tacitly understood is tactless</gloss>
+<gloss>it's tactless to state the obvious</gloss>
+<gloss>that's best left unsaid</gloss> |
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A* 2018-06-14 01:29:11 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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GG5 example: 言うだけ野暮だ． You would only waste your 「words ［breath］.
ルミナス: 言うだけ野暮だが Though it's crude to come right out and say it, …
中辞典: 彼のように几帳面な人に時間厳守なんて言うだけ野暮だ. It would be tactless to remind so scrupulous a person as he to be punctual. |
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I don't think it's a proverb. |
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-<misc>&proverb;</misc> |
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A 2017-12-24 21:05:09 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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perhaps 'let sleeping dogs lie' |
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A* 2017-12-08 09:42:07 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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daijs |
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-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>You would only waste your words</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>saying outright what is tacitly understood is tactless</gloss> |
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