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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- 眉に唾をつけるまゆにつばをつけるto keep one's wits about one, to be on one's guard, to be wary of trickery
- 合間を縫うあいまをぬうto make good use of one's spare moments, to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
- 屁でもないへでもない全く問題とならない。of no concern, nothing, trivial
- 鼻の下を伸ばすはなのしたをのばすto have a lewd look on one's face, to ogle
- 屁の突っ張りにもならないへのつっぱりにもならないof no use whatsoever, good for nothing, useless
- 死んでも死に切れないしんでもしにきれないI can't die and leave things this way
- 出鼻をくじくでばなをくじくto spoil someone's start, to kill someone's enthusiasm, to take the wind out of someone's sails
- 災い転じて福となすわざわいてんじてふくとなすto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts), to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
- 災いを転じて福となすわざわいをてんじてふくとなすto turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts), to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
- 間に立つあいだにたつto mediate, to intervene
- 耳をダンボにするみみをダンボにするto prick up one's ears, to listen attentively
- 糟を食うかすをくうto be scolded (mainly used theatrically)
- 下駄と焼き味噌げたとやきみそthings that look similar but are completely different
- 肝が据わるきもがすわるto have guts, to be plucky, to have nerves of steel
- 味噌も糞も一緒みそもくそもいっしょnot distinguishing between what's good and bad
- 前門の虎、後門の狼ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみある危難を避けたところ別の危難に遭遇する状況のたとえ。 ある難問・災難を解決・回避したとしても、別の難問・災難に直面することが明らかであり、危難を逃れるのが甚だ難しい状況のたとえ。between the devil and the deep sea, out of the frying pan into the fire
- 阿呆の足下使いあほうのあしもとづかいfools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet, stupidity of using people for small things
- 阿呆の三杯汁あほうのさんばいじるonly a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once, only fools are gluttons
- 阿呆の話食いあほうのはなしぐいan idiot will swallow anything, an idiot will believe anything they hear, fools act without thinking
- 権兵衛が種蒔きゃ烏がほじくるごんべえがたねまきゃからすがほじくる人が苦労して行ったことでも、別の人がすぐにぶち壊してしまうことの例え。spoiling someone's work, useless effort, labouring in vain
- 竹に雀たけにすずめmatch made in heaven, perfect match, great coupling, family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
- 湯を沸かして水にするゆをわかしてみずにするwasting one's efforts, rendering one's efforts futile
- 猿の尻笑いさるのしりわらいthe pot calling the kettle black, people who live in glass houses throwing stones
- 粉屋の泥棒こなやのどろぼうheavily made-up woman
- ぺんぺん草が生えるぺんぺんぐさがはえるto be in ruins, to be dilapidated, to be desolated
- 土足でどそくでwith shoes on, rudely, thoughtlessly
- 臭い飯を食うくさいめしをくうto go to prison, to serve a prison term
- 手が離れるてがはなれるto become independent, to leave one's hands, to leave one's possession
- お灸をすえるおきゅうをすえるto rake over the coals, to scold, to chastise, to roast
- 暖簾に腕押しのれんにうでおし（暖簾を腕で押したときのように）手ごたえがないこと。張り合いがないこと。not worth doing, waste of effort
- 糠に釘ぬかにくぎ（糠に釘を打ち付けても手応えがないことから）手応えや効き目が全くないことの喩え。進んで、そのような手応えの無いものに働きかけることは無駄であることの戒め。having no effect, waste of effort
- 豆腐に鎹とうふにかすがい手ごたえがなく、効果がないこと。having no effect, waste of effort
- 壺に嵌まるツボにはまるto hit the bull's-eye, to go as expected, to succeed (e.g. of a plan), to strike one's fancy
- 毛の生えたけのはえたa bit better than, not much more than, not much different from
- 血で血を洗うちでちをあらう相手にされたことと同じやり方で報復する。血族同士で殺しあう。to engage in a bloody feud, to have a family quarrel, to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood
- 軍配が上がるぐんばいがあがるto be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan, to be declared the winner
- 首の皮一枚くびのかわいちまいstill having a very small chance, still having a tiny shred of hope
- 目の黒いうちめのくろいうちwhile alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive), as long as one lives
- 股を開くまたをひらくto spread one's legs, to agree to have sex (for a woman)
- 梵天丸もかくありたいぼんてんまるもかくありたいI wish the same for myself
- 犬に論語いぬにろんご何の効果もない事の例え。犬に「論語」を説いてもどうにもならないことから。wasting one's breath (trying to explain something)
- 呼吸が合うこきゅうがあうto get along, to hit it off, to be on the same page, to work well together
- 粉をかけるこなをかけるto make a pass at, to hit on, to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
- 殻を破るからをやぶるto break up and start anew, to break out of one's shell, to make a fresh start, to go outside oneself
- 闇の女やみのおんなstreet prostitute
- 蝸牛角上の争いかぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい小国同士の争い。小さい者同士の争い。つまらない事でこだわり争うことのたとえ。fighting over nothing, making a mountain out of a molehill
- 鷸蚌の争いいつぼうのあらそい両者が争っている間に、第三者が利益を得ること。fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does)
- 泥のように眠るどろのようにねむるto sleep like a log, to sleep like a baby
- 泥田を棒で打つどろたをぼうでうつto do something stupid, to do something pointless
- 外堀を埋めるそとぼりをうめるto remove obstacles in the way of one's objective, to take an indirect approach
- 肩透かしを食うかたすかしをくうto suffer a disappointment, to feel let down, to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped, to be given the slip
- 十字架を背負うじゅうじかをせおうto have a cross to bear, to carry a heavy burden
- ケツが青いケツがあおいwet behind the ears, inexperienced, immature
- 手が悪いてがわるいbeing dealt a bad hand, poor (handwriting), unscrupulous
- 耳タコみみたこhaving been told something so often that one is fed up with it
- 尻毛を抜くしりげをぬくto take someone by surprise, to startle someone
- 弁慶の立ち往生べんけいのたちおうじょうsituation in which one can move neither forward nor backward
- 高みの見物たかみのけんぶつlooking on from afar, being a spectator
- 手を借りるてをかりるto get (someone's) help, to ask for help
- 地に足がつくちにあしがつくto keep one's feet on the ground, to be down to earth