Idioms with Certain Words

can't help; involuntarily (idiom)

to agree without prior consultation/to happen to hold the same view

lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom)/fig. to tremble with fear/to be terrified

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding/brilliant/out of the common run

not to be outdone

not show one's feeling or intentions

by fair means or foul/by hook or by crook/unscrupulously

not at all surprising (idiom)

inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable/unfathomable

(of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable

lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless/innumerable

irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless

(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement

whereabouts unknown/gone missing

without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent

(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but

to have no sense of shame

too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); extremely delicate/fragile state of health

unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage

less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish/the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

to be caught off guard/without warning

lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation/enjoys a well-deserved reputation

misfortune does not come singly (idiom)/it never rains but it pours

time and tide wait for no man (idiom)

not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)/incumbent/bounden (duty)

deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths/incomprehensible/enigmatic and impossible to predict

No time to lose! (idiom)