Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China


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the back door / fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) / anus
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
lit. to enter by the back door / fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels / back door or under the counter connections
to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door


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