can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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sell horse…meat as beefsteak; only windowdressing
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Justice naturally inhabits man's heart.
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choke with silent fury(be forced to keep one's resentment to oneself; hold back one's anger and dare not speak)
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move the universe and cause the gods to weep
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a person of low moral stature
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be unable to achieve one's heart's desire but unwilling to accept less
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cannot have one's heart's desire but won't stoop to less(be too choocy to succeed)
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overcome all the difficulties on the way
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much said but nothing done(all talk and no action)
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sail under false colours(to assume a false identity in order to conceal one's true purpose; sell a pig in a poke)
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It is never too late to mend.(Never too late to repent.)
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It's cold in the high places
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Willingly and gladly
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attain proficiency in archery and riding
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All our countrymen demand his death.
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