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bigger they are...

(See the bigger they are...)

count your chickens before they hatch

depend heavily on plans, spend money that you have not received "Politicians have learned not to ""count their chickens"" before the election."

don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

give someone an inch and they will take a mile

if you give someone a little they will want more and more, some people are never satisfied If you give him an inch he will take a mile so you shouldn

give someone enough rope and they will hang themse

give someone enough time and freedom to do what they want and they will make a mistake or get into trouble and be caught Don

let the chips fall where they may

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the bigger they are the harder they fall

we can beat the big guys, big players fall harder, mind over matter """Look at all their big players!"" ""Don't worry. The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"""

where do they get off

where do they get the right? how come? Where do they get off telling me to slow down? Who asked them?

how are they hanging

a way of greeting

they say

It is said； people say人们说；据说
They say that Mr． Li will stay in Beijing for a week．据说李先生将在北京呆一周。

count one's chickens before they hatch

Idiom(s): count one's chickens before they hatch

Theme: COUNTING

to plan how to utilize good results of something before those results have occurred. (Frequently used in the negative.)
• You're way ahead of yourself Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
• You may be disappointed if you count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

You must not be too confident that something will be successful.

Give someone an inch and they will take a mile.

Give someone a little and they will want more - some people are never satisfied.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang thems

Give someone enough time and freedom and they will get into trouble.

Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched

This means that you should wait until you know whether something has produced the results you desire, rather than acting beforehand. ('Don't count your chickens until they've hatched' is an alternative.)

The bigger they are, the harder they fall

This idiom means that the more powerful have more to lose, so when they suffer something bad, it is worse for them.

they're like cat and dog

to often argue with someone: "Those two are like cat and dog."

count one's chickens before they're hatched|chicke

v. phr., informal To depend on getting a profit or gain before you have it; make plans that suppose something will happen; be too sure that something will happen. Usually used in negative sentences. When Jim said that he would be made captain of the team, John told him not to count his chickens before they were hatched. Maybe some of your customers won't pay, and then where will you be? Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

let the chips fall where they may|chip|chips|fall|

v. phr. To pay no attention to the displeasure caused others by your actions. The senator decided to vote against the bill and let the chips fall where they may. The police chief told his men to give tickets to all speeders and let the chips fall where they may.
Compare: COME WHAT MAY.

bigger they come, the harder they fall, the

bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
Persons in important positions lose more when they fail, as in Impeaching a President is very painful—the bigger they come, the harder they fall. This expression is believed to come from boxing and gained currency when boxer Robert Fitzsimmons used it in a 1902 newspaper interview before fighting the much heavier James J. Jeffries. It was probably derived from similar adages, such as “The bigger the tree, the harder she falls.”

give an inch and they'll take a mile

give an inch and they'll take a mile
Make a small concession and they'll take advantage of you. For example, I told her she could borrow the car for one day and she's been gone a week—give an inch! This expression, in slightly different form, was already a proverb in John Heywood's 1546 collection, “Give him an inch and he'll take an ell,” and is so well known it is often shortened (as in the example). The use of mile dates from about 1900.

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