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1 χάνομαι
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2 άφθιτ'
ἄφθιτα, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc plἄφθιτα, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc plἄφθιτε, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc voc sgἄφθιτε, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem voc sgἄφθιται, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: fem nom /voc pl -
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ἄφθιτα, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc plἄφθιτα, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc plἄφθιτε, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc voc sgἄφθιτε, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem voc sgἄφθιται, ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: fem nom /voc pl -
4 άφθιτον
ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
5 ἄφθιτον
ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem acc sgἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: neut nom /voc /acc sg -
6 ἀπόλλυμι
ἀπόλλυμι for its conjug. s. B-D-F §101 (s.v. ὄλλυμι); W-S. §14, 18; Rob. 317; fut. ἀπολέσω Hs 8, 7, 5; Att. ἀπολῶ 1 Cor 1:19 (Is 29:14; ParJer 1:1, 8); 1 aor. ἀπώλεσα; 1 pf. ἀπολώλεκα. Mid.: fut. ἀπολοῦμαι Lk 13:3; 2 aor. ἀπωλόμην; the 2 pf. ἀπόλωλα functions as a pf. mid.; ptc. ἀπολωλώς (Hom.+).ⓐ act. ruin, destroyα. of pers. (Sir 10:3) Mk 1:24; Lk 4:34. W. ref. to eternal destruction μὴ ἐκεῖνον ἀπόλλυε do not bring about his ruin Ro 14:15. Esp. kill, put to death (Gen 20:4; Esth 9:6 v.l.; 1 Macc 2:37; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 122; Mel., P. 84, 635 [Ch.] τὸν ἐχθρόν σου) Hs 9, 26, 7. παιδίον Mt 2:13; Jesus 12:14; 27:20; Mk 3:6; 11:18; Lk 19:47; B 12:5; the wicked tenants κακοὺς κακῶς ἀ. (s. κακός 1a) he will put the evildoers to a miserable death Mt 21:41. τοὺς γεωργούς Mk 12:9; Lk 20:16; τ. φονεῖς Mt 22:7; τ. μὴ πιστεύσαντας those who did not believe Jd 5; πάντας Lk 17:27, 29. W. σῶσαι (like Chariton 2, 8, 1) Js 4:12; Hs 9, 23, 4. Of eternal death (Herm. Wr. 4, 7; Tat. 11:2 ἀπώλεσεν ἡμᾶς τὸ αὐτέξουσιον) ψυχὴν κ. σῶμα ἀ. ἐν γεέννῃ Mt 10:28; ψυχήν B 20:1; τ. ψυχάς Hs 9, 26, 3 (cp. Sir 20:22).β. w. impers. obj. ἀ. τ. σοφίαν τ. σοφῶν destroy the wisdom of the wise 1 Cor 1:19 (Is 29:14). ἀ. τ. διάνοιαν destroy the understanding Hm 11:1 (cp. Just., D. 93, 1 τὰς φυσικὰς ἐννοίας).γ. without obj. J 10:10.ⓑ mid. perish, be ruinedα. of pers. perish, die (schol. on Nicander, Ther. 188 ἀπόλλυται ὁ ἀνήρ=the man dies; Tat. 21, 2 τοὺς ἀνθρώπους … ἀπόλλυσθαι) 1 Cl 51:5; 55:6; B 5:4, 12; D 16:5; Hs 6, 2, 1f. As a cry of anguish ἀπολλύμεθα we are perishing! (Epict. 2, 19, 16 [in a storm-tossed vessel]; PPetr II, 4 [1], 4f νυνὶ δὲ ἀπολλύμεθα) Mt 8:25; Mk 4:38; Lk 8:24 (Arrian, Peripl. 3, 3 of disaster that the stormy sea brings to the seafarer). ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀ. die by the sword Mt 26:52. λιμῷ of hunger (Ezk 34:29) Lk 15:17. τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ τοῦ Κόρε Jd 11c (because of 11a and b it should perh. = be corrupted; cp. Polyb. 32, 23, 6). ὑπό τινος (Hdt. 5. 126; Dio Chrys. 13 [7], 12) ὑπὸ τ. ὄφεων killed by the snakes 1 Cor 10:9; cp. vs. 10. Abs. of a people perish J 11:50. Of individuals (Lev 23:30) Ac 5:37; 2 Pt 3:9; 1 Cl 12:6; 39:5 (Job 4:20).—Esp. of eternal death (cp. Ps 9:6f; 36:20; 67:3; 72:27; 82:18; 91:10; Is 41:11) J 3:16; 17:12. ἀπολέσθαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα perish forever 10:28 (Bar 3:3 ἡμεῖς ἀπολλύμενοι τὸν αἰῶνα). ἀνόμως ἀ. Ro 2:12; μωρῶς ἀ. IEph 17:2 (cp. ἀσκόπως Just., D. 8, 4); ἐν καυχήσει because of boasting ITr 4:1; cp. IPol 5:2. Abs. 1 Cor 8:11; 15:18; 2 Cl 17:1.—οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι (opp. οἱ σῳζόμενοι, as in Plut., Mor. 469d) those who are lost 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15; 4:3; 2 Th 2:10; 2 Cl 1:4; 2:5. For this τὸ ἀπολωλός Lk 19:10 (Mt 18:10 v.l.—Ezk 34:4, 16). τὰ ἀπολλύμενα 2 Cl 2:7 (cp. SIG 417, 9 τὰ τε ἀπολωλότα ἐκ τ. ἱεροῦ ἀνέσωσαν). S. also 3b end.β. of things be lost, pass away, be ruined (Jos., Bell. 2, 650 of Jerusalem; Tat. 17, 2 πάθος … ἀπολλύμενον) of bursting wineskins Mt 9:17; Mk 2:22; Lk 5:37; fading beauty Js 1:11; transitory beauty of gold 1 Pt 1:7. AcPl Ha 2, 24; [χρυσὸς]| γὰρ ἀπόλλυται 9:8f; passing splendor Rv 18:14 (w. ἀπό as Jer 10:11; Da 7:17). Of earthly food J 6:27; spoiled honey Hm 5, 1, 5; σαρκὸς ἀπολλυμένης AcPlCor 2:15. Of the heavens which, like the earth, will pass away Hb 1:11 (Ps 101:27). Of the end of the world Hv 4, 3, 3, Of the way of the godless, which is lost in darkness B 11:7 (Ps 1:6). μὴ … τὸ μνημόσυνον [ὑμῶν]| ἀπόλιτε (read ἀπόληται) AcPl Ha 1, 22f.② to fail to obtain what one expects or anticipates, lose out on, lose (X., Pla.+; PPetr III, 51, 5; POxy 743, 23; PFay 111, 3ff; Sir 6:3; 9:6; 27:16 al.; Tob 7:6 BA; 4 Macc 2:14; Tat. 8, τὸν ἐρώμενον; 15, 1) τ. μισθόν lose the reward Mt 10:42; Mk 9:41; Hs 5, 6, 7. δραχμήν (Dio Chrys. 70 [20], 25) Lk 15:8f; ἀ. ἃ ἠργασάμεθα lose what we have worked for 2J 8. διαθήκην B 4:7, 8. τὴν ζωὴν τ. ἀνθρώπων Hm 2:1; cp. Hs 8, 6, 6; 8, 7, 5; 8, 8, 2f and 5. τὴν ἐλπίδα m 5, 1, 7.③ to lose someth. that one already has or be separated from a normal connection, lose, be lostⓐ act. w. colloq. flavor ἵνα πᾶν ὸ̔ δέδωκέν μοι μή ἀπολέσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me J 6:39 (B-D-F §466, 3 on Semitic assoc.; Rob. 437; 753).—ἀ. τὴν ψυχήν (cp. Sir 20:22) lose one’s life Mt 10:39; 16:25; Mk 8:35; Lk 9:24; 17:33; cp. J 12:25. For this ἀ. ἑαυτόν lose oneself Lk 9:25 (similar in form is Tyrtaeus [VII B.C.], Fgm. 8 Diehl2 lines 11–14: ‘One who risks his life in battle has the best chance of saving it; one who flees to save it is most likely to lose it’).ⓑ mid. (Antiphon: Diels, Vorsokrat. 87, Fgm. 54 ἀπολόμενον ἀργύριον; X., Symp. 1, 5; 1 Km 9:3; Tat. 9, 2) ISm 10:1. Of falling hair Lk 21:18; Ac 27:34; a member or organ of the body Mt 5:29f; remnants of food J 6:12. Of wine that has lost its flavor Hm 12, 5, 3.—Of sheep gone astray Mt 10:6; 15:24; Lk 15:4, 6; B 5:12 (cp. Jer 27:6; Ezk 34:4; Ps 118:176). Of a lost son Lk 15:24 (Artem. 4, 33 ἡ γυνὴ … τ. υἱὸν ἀπώλεσε καὶ … εὗρεν αὐτόν); of humanity in general ἀπολλύμενος ἐζητήθη ἵνα ζωοποιηθῇ διὰ τῆς υἱοθεσίας when lost, humanity was sought, so that it might regain life through acceptance into sonship AcPlCor 2:8 (cp. 1bα.—JSchniewind, D. Gleichn. vom verl. Sohn ’40). ἀ. θεῷ be lost to God Hs 8, 6, 4 (cod. A for ἀπέθανον).—B. 758. DELG s.v. ὄλλυμι. M-M. TW. -
7 αποφθιμένα
ἀποφθιμένᾱ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid fem nom /voc /acc dualἀποφθιμένᾱ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)——————ἀποφθιμένᾱͅ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid fem dat sg (doric aeolic) -
8 αποφθιμένω
ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid masc /neut nom /voc /acc dualἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid masc /neut gen sg (doric aeolic)——————ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor part mid masc /neut dat sg -
9 αποφθίσαι
ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor inf actἀποφθίσαῑ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor opt act 3rd sgἀποφθί̱σαῑ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor opt act 3rd sg -
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ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor inf actἀποφθίσαῑ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor opt act 3rd sgἀποφθί̱σαῑ, ἀποφθίνωperish utterly: aor opt act 3rd sg -
11 αφθίτων
ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: fem gen plἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /neut gen plἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem /neut gen pl -
12 ἀφθίτων
ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: fem gen plἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /neut gen plἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem /neut gen pl -
13 φθείρω
φθείρω, [dialect] Aeol. [full] φθέρρω Hdn.Gr.2.303, al.; Arc. [full] φθήρω IG5(2).6.17 (Tegea, iv B. C.): [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf. φθείρεσκε ([etym.] δια-) Hdt.1.36: [tense] fut.Aφθερῶ X.HG7.2.11
, ([etym.] δια-) A.Ag. 1266, etc.; [dialect] Ion. φθερέω ([etym.] δια-) Hdt. 5.51; [dialect] Ep. φθέρσω ([etym.] δια-) Il.13.625: [tense] aor. 1 (troch.), X.HG7.2.4; poet.ἔφθερσα Lyc.1402
; Arc. [ per.] 3sg. opt. (?)φθέραι IG5(2).6.8
(Tegea, iv B. C.): [tense] pf.ἔφθαρκα Din.1.64
, ([etym.] δι-) E.Med. 226; Arc. part.ἐφθορκώς IG5(2).6.10
(Tegea, iv B. C.): —[voice] Med., [tense] fut. φθεροῦμαι (in pass. sense) S.OT 272, E.Andr. 708, Th.7.48; [dialect] Ion. φθερέομαι ([etym.] δια-) Hdt.8.108 (v.l. δια-φθαρέεται), 9.42 (vv. ll. δια-φθαρέονται, δια-φθορεῦνται); laterφθαροῦμαι Archig.
ap. Orib.8.23.5:— [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.φθᾰρήσομαι Hp.VM13
, Arist.Metaph. 1066b30, Epicur.Ep. 1p.7U., ([etym.] δια-) E.Hec. 802, etc., [dialect] Dor.- ησοῦμαι Ti.Locr.94d
: [tense] aor. ἐφθάρην [ᾰ] S.OT 1502, Th.7.13, Pl.Lg. 708c; poet. [ per.] 3pl.ἔφθαρεν Pi.P. 3.36
: also part.κατα-φθερείς Epich.35.13
: [tense] pf. , [ per.] 3pl.ἐφθάραται Th.3.13
; inf. , ([etym.] δι-) Is.9.37, [dialect] Aeol.ἔφθορθαι Eust.790.8
: [tense] plpf. [ per.] 3pl.ἐφθάρατο App.BC3.15
, ([etym.] δι-) Hdt.8.90. The compd. διαφθείρω is much more freq. than the simple Verb:— destroy things,μῆλα κακοὶ φθείρουσι νομῆες Od. 17.246
; φ. τῶν Συρίων τοὺς κλήρους waste them, Hdt.1.76, cf. X.HG 7.2.11, An.4.7.20;τοὺς θεῶν νόμους S.Aj. 1344
; τὰς ναῦς v. l. in Th. 2.91;τὴν πόλιν καὶ νόμους Pl.Lg. 958c
, cf. X.Mem.1.5.3;εὐδαιμονίαν Din.
l. c.;ἔμβρυα Dsc.2.163
;τὸ συλληφθέν Sor.1.60
(also abs., miscarry, ib.59); τὸν κοινὸν οἶκον Mitteis Chr.284.11 (ii B. C.): —[voice] Pass., to be destroyed, S.Aj.25, etc.;ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ γίνεται πᾶσα ἀρετὴ καὶ φθείρεται Arist.EN 1103b8
;εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν φ.
pass away, cease to be,Epicur.
Ep.1p.5U.;δυὰς προσθέσει μονάδος εἰς τριάδα φθείρεται μηκέτι μένουσα δυάς Ph.2.509
; of animals, perish, PStrassb.24.15 (ii A. D.).2 of persons, μαψαῦραι... ναύτας φ. destroy them, Hes.Th. 876 (but perh. only [voice] Act. of signf. 11.4); (troch.), Ag. 652:—[voice] Pass., Id.Pers. 272, 283(lyr.);γειτόνων πολλοὶ ἁμᾷ.. ἔφθαρεν Pi.P.3.36
;νόσῳ ἐφθάραται Ἀθηναῖοι Th.3.13
, cf. 7.48;πρόρριζον ἔφθαρται γένος S.El. 765
; ἔφθαρμαι I am undone! Men. Her.13;μὴφθαρῶσιν PMich.Zen.80.4
(iii B. C.).3 corrupt, bribe, τινα D.S.4.73; lure, entice, trap, (s. v. l.); entices to its ruin, entraps,Trag.Adesp.
484 (s. v.l.); pervert, :—[voice] Pass., v. infr. 11.3.b seduce a woman,ὑπὸ τῆς θυγατρὸς ἀδικούμενον καὶ Διονυσίου τοῦ φθείραντος αὐτὴν κιναίδου PEnteux.26.11
(iii B. C.):—[voice] Pass., E.Fr. 485, D.Chr.11.153 (but not [dialect] Att. acc. to Phryn.53, Moer.p.103 P.), Artem.5.17.4 ruin, spoil, ποσὶν φθείροντα πλοῦτον ἀργυρωνήτους θ' ὑφάς, of one who treads on rich carpets, A.Ag. 949; βαφὰς φθείρουσα τοῦ ποικίλματος, of blood, Id.Ch. 1013; of a poison,ὧνπερ ἂν θίγῃ, φθείρει τὰ πάντα S.Tr. 716
;φαρμάκων φθείρειν πεφυκότων τὰ σώματα Gal.15.541
; δούλην (wet-nurse)μὴ φθείρουσαν τὸ γάλα BGU1058.29
(i B. C.), cf. Sor.1.88; τοῦ σώματος (sc. τῶν νοσούντων) φθείροντος τὸ θρέψαι δυνάμενον ib.90, cf. 63, al.5τὰ μιγνύμενα τῶν χρωμάτων οἱ βαφεῖς φθείρεσθαι καὶ φθοράν τὴν μῖξιν ὀνομάζουσιν Plu.2.393c
(whereμιαίνω 1
is compared).II [voice] Pass. (cf. supr. 1.1, 2),1 φθείρεσθε (as a curse) may you perish! ruin take you! Il.21.128, Sannyr. 10; φθείρου as an imprecation, go to the devil! be off! Ar.Ach. 460, Pl. 598, 610(anap.), E.Fr. 610;ἐκποδὼν ἡμῖν φθείρεσθε Herod.6.16
:c. gen., φθείρεσθε τῆσδε off from her! unhand her, let her go, E.Andr. 715 (so in [tense] fut. indic., εἰ μὴ φθερῇ τῆσδ' ὡς τάχιστ' ἀπὸ στέγης if thou dost not depart... ib. 708).b with a Prep., φθείρεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς πλουσίους, of hangers-on and flatterers, D.21.139, cf. Plu.Phoc.21, Eum. 14, Ant.24;εἰς ἡδονὰς ἀπὸ.. πόνων Anon.
ap. Stob.4.31.84;ἀκούω σε λυρῳδοῦ γυναικὸς ἐρᾶν καὶ εἰς ἐκείνης φθειρόμενον πᾶσαν τὴν ἐφήμερον ἄγραν κατατίθεσθαι Alciphr.1.18
.3 to be morally corrupted,ἐφθάρη ἡ γῆ ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ LXXGe.6.11
, cf. Ho.9.9, al.;ἔστι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ σκηνῶν ἐν τοῖς Ἀριστοβούλου φθειρόμενος PCair.Zen.37.7
(iii B. C.); φθαρεὶς Εὔτυχος ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀρσινόης ib.620.7 (iii B. C.); but ἐν Σικυωνίαι ἐφθαρμένους is f.l. for ἐν Σικυῶνι διεφθ. (cj. Sintenis) in Plu.Arat.40.4 of seafarers, wander, drift (cf. supr. 1.2,πολύφθορος 11.2
,φθορά 8
),πόσον χρόνον πόντου 'πὶ νώτοις ἅλιον ἐφθείρου πλάνον; E.Hel. 774
; ναυτίλους ἐφθαρμένους sailors driven out of their course, Id.IT 276; ; of shipwrecked persons, νεῶν ( ἐκ νεῶν Elmsl.) ; also of travellers or wanderers by land, οὐχ ἕνα νομίζων φθείρεται πόλεως νόμον (v.l. τόπον) E.El. 234;ὁ Μενέλαος χρόνον πολὺν ἐφθείρετο πανταχόσε τῆς Ἐλλάδος D.Chr.7.95
; οὐδὲν δεῖ φθείρεσθαι περιόντα ( = περιιόντα)τὴν ἀρχὴν ἅπασαν Aristid.Or.26(14).33
; J.;τῶν μετοίκων τῶν ἐξ Ἑρμιόνης οὐκ οἶδ' ὅπως εἰς Πειραιᾶ φθαρέντων Alciphr. 1.13
; μὴ περιΐδῃς ἀγαθοὺς γείτονας εἰς στενὸν τοῦ καιροῦ φθειρομένους ib.24; [Ἀλέξανδρον] ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἰνδὸν κτλ. φθειρόμενον Arr.An.7.4.2
; φθαρῆναι εἰς βάρβαρα ἔθνη ( ἐν βαρβάροις ἔθνεσι or ἔθεσι codd.) Phalar. Ep.49; φθαρέντων ἐς ἀλλήλους falling foul of one another, App. Praef.10 (s. v. l.).5 of women, χέρσους φθαρῆναι pine away in barrenness, S.OT 1502, cf. El. 1181 (unless wander, cf. supr. 11.4). (Cf. Skt. ksárati 'flow', later 'wane, perish', Avest. γζ?φθείρωXαρ- and ζ?φθείρωXγαρ- 'flow'.) -
14 ἀποφθίνω
ἀπο-φθίνω [ῐ],I intr. in [tense] pres., perish utterly, die away, A.Ag. 857;ἀποφθίνει τὰ χρηστά S.Ph. 457
: also in [tense] pf.ἀπέφθῐκα Them.Or.28.341d
: but mostly,II causal, in [tense] fut. -φθίσω, [tense] aor. ἀπέφθισα [ῑ [dialect] Ep., [pron. full] ῐ Trag.]:—make to perish, waste away, destroy,ἄνδρας ἀποφθίσειε θάλασσα Hes.Op. 666
; πρὸς γυναικὸς δ' ἀπέφθισεν βίον had his life taken by a woman's hand, A.Ag. 1454 (lyr.); ;τὸν βαλόντ' ἀποφθίσαι χρήζων Id.Tr. 709
; of disease, cause death, be fatal, Hp.Aër.11.2 most freq. in [voice] Pass., = [voice] Act. intr., perish, die, esp. in [tense] aor. with [tense] plpf. form ἀπέφθιτο [ῐ] Od.15.268; imper.ἀποφθίσθω Il.8.429
; opt. ἀποφθίμην [ῑ] Od.10.51; [dialect] Ep. and Lyr. part. ἀποφθίμενος [ῐ] dead, Il.3.322, al., Ibyc.27, B.8.79 (not in Trag.): also in [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [ per.] 3pl.ἀπέφθιθεν Od.5.110
, 133, 7.251 (v.l. ἀπέφθιθον).3 [voice] Med., [tense] aor. 1 -φθίσασθαι [ῑ] Q.S.14.545.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀποφθίνω
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15 άφθιτα
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19 άφθιτοι
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ἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc nom /voc plἄφθιτοςnot liable to perish: masc /fem nom /voc pl
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perish the thought — is an expression meaning that you really hope something will not happen … The small dictionary of idiomes
perish the thought — ► perish the thought informal may the thought or idea prove unfounded. Main Entry: ↑perish … English terms dictionary
perish — I verb be annihilated, be destroyed, be eradicated, be extinguished, be null and void, be ruined, become extinct, cease, cease living, cease to be, cease to exist, cease to live, come to an end, come to naught, come to ruin, crumble, depart, die … Law dictionary
Perish the thought — Perish the thought is an expression meaning that you really hope something will not happen … Dictionary of English idioms