慣用句
2つ以上の言葉が結びついて、全体で決まった意味を表す言い回しです。
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- 足の踏み場もないあしのふみばもないvery messy, (stuff) all over the place
- その時はその時そのときはそのときwe'll cross that bridge when we get there, we'll think about it when the time comes
- 知らぬは亭主ばかりなりしらぬはていしゅばかりなりthe husband is always the last to know, everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband
- 沈香も焚かず屁も放らずじんこうもたかずへもひらずhaving few faults as well as few virtues
- 笛吹けども踊らずふえふけどもおどらずwe have piped unto you and ye have not danced
- 刀折れ矢尽きるかたなおれやつきる戦う手段をなくすこと。物事に立ち向かう術がなくなること。to exhaust all one's options
- 同日の論ではないどうじつのろんではないnot to be spoken of in the same breath, cannot be compared, defying all comparison, bearing no comparison
- 得手に帆を揚げるえてにほをあげる機会に恵まれ、自分の得意な事を（調子に乗って）大いに揮うこと。to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair, to get one's time to shine
- 毒にも薬にもならないどくにもくすりにもならないharmless but pointless, neither bad nor good
- 猫に鰹節ねこにかつおぶし間違いが起こりかねない状況のこと。temptation one can't resist, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, trusting a cat with milk
- ほとぼりが冷めるほとぼりがさめるthe heat is off, things calm down, the excitement dies down
- 念には念を入れるねんにはねんをいれるto be extremely cautious, to be as sure as sure can be, to make assurance doubly sure
- 庇を貸して母屋を取られるひさしをかしておもやをとられる一部を貸してやがて全部奪われる。 保護した相手に恩を仇で返される。to have one's kindness taken advantage of, give him an inch and he'll take a mile, to have a favor returned with spite
- 飛んで火に入る夏の虫とんでひにいるなつのむし自ら危険な場所に向かうこと。rushing to one's doom, (like a) moth flying into the flame
- 膝が笑うひざがわらうto have one's knees be about to give way
- 風に柳かぜにやなぎwithout making waves, softly
- 分秒を争うふんびょうをあらそうto have no time to lose
- 糞も味噌も一緒くそもみそもいっしょnot distinguishing between what's good and bad, not knowing chalk from cheese, mixing good and bad together
- 裏があるうらがあるto have a catch, to have an ulterior motive, to be more (to something)
- 竜虎相打つりゅうこあいうつa fight between equally great opponents
- 六十の手習いろくじゅうのてならいbeginning to learn (something) when one is old, not being too old to learn
- 地に足の着いたちにあしのついたrealistic, practical, grounded
- 尻の毛まで抜かれるけつのけまでぬかれるto get ripped off for every last penny
- 爪の垢つめのあかdirt under one's fingernails, shred (of decency, etc.), scrap, bit
- 爪の垢を煎じて飲むつめのあかをせんじてのむto take a lesson from (someone serving as an example), to learn from someone's example
- 之繞を掛けるしんにゅうをかけるto exaggerate
- 白衣の天使はくいのてんしnurse
- 埒があくらちがあくto come to a settlement
- 肩が張るかたがはるto have stiff shoulders, to feel ill at ease, to feel uncomfortable, to feel tense
- 味噌を擂るみそをするto flatter, to toady (to), to curry favor (with), to butter up
- 重箱の隅をようじでほじくるじゅうばこのすみをようじでほじくるto nitpick, to complain about trifles
- 桜咲くさくらさくto pass an exam
- 桜散るさくらちるto fail an exam, to fall (of cherry blossom petals)
- 山をかけるやまをかけるto speculate, to make an educated guess, to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
- 山を張るやまをはるto speculate, to make an educated guess, to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
- 手のかかるてのかかるtroublesome, difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child), laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
- 舌が回るしたがまわる弁舌巧みで、よどみなく喋る。 発音をはっきりとすることができる。to be talkative, to have a glib tongue, to speak fluently, to be a good talker
- 舵を切るかじをきるto change direction (of policy, etc.)
- 羽を伸ばすはねをのばすto let your hair down, to have fun after a period of work or stress
- ここに来てここにきてcame here, coming here, recently
- 覚えてろおぼえてろyou'll regret this!, I'll get you for this!, just you wait!
- 角を矯めて牛を殺すつのをためてうしをころす(ある対象物に対して)手を加え過ぎて、結果的に全体を駄目にしてしまう事のたとえ。to throw the baby out with the bath water, to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- 花も恥らうはなもはじらうoutblooming even a flower (of a young girl)
- 感情に走るかんじょうにはしるto act on one's emotions, to be carried away by one's feelings, to get emotional
- 鼻を鳴らすはなをならすto coo at, to behave like a spoiled child, to snort, to sniff
- 陸に上がった河童おかにあがったかっぱa fish out of water
- 口を糊するくちをのりするto eke out a living, to barely manage to get by
- 屁とも思わないへともおもわないnot give a damn, not care a bit
- 焼け野の鴉やけののからすblacker than black
- 心が躍るこころがおどるto be thrilled, to be excited
- 愛想を振りまくあいそをふりまくto make oneself pleasant to everybody, to smile at everybody, to try to please everybody, to make things pleasant
- 自分の首を絞めるじぶんのくびをしめるto cut one's own throat, to dig one's own grave, to cause oneself harm, to bring ruin on oneself
- 真綿で首を絞めるまわたでくびをしめるto torment by slow degrees, to torture slowly, to drag things out, to reproach in a roundabout way
- 鍵を握るかぎをにぎるto hold the key (to)
- 壁立千仞へきりつせんじんprecipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth
- 心が通じるこころがつうじるto relate to, to have one's feelings understood
- 漿を乞いて酒を得るしょうをこいてさけをうるto get more than one requests
- 目の正月めのしょうがつfeast for one's eyes, sight as pleasing as the New Year
- 口をつぐむくちをつぐむto hold one's tongue, to shut up
- 脇が甘いわきがあまい(相撲)脇を力強く締めない（＝甘い）ため、手をすぐに入れられ相手の有利な体勢になる。または、そうなりやすい習性。 日常に緊張感が不足していて、相手方に弱みを握られやすいことの比喩。poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip, having weak defenses, off one's guard, vulnerable (to attack)