Chapter 41: Defeat

Literally 'to pluck someone like a bird'; used humorously to describe winning all of someone's money, especially in gambling. Conveys a boastful or playful tone.

A fixed phrase used both literally and figuratively to mean volunteering, owning up, or showing courage. Common in formal commands as well as everyday speech.

A fixed idiomatic expression equivalent to the English idiom. Used to caution against escalating a tense situation.

Fixed prepositional phrase expressing that something is achieved by sacrificing or exploiting something/someone else. Appears in moral accusations.