IDIOM
IDIOM
definition (意味)
how to use (使い方)
ex.sentence (例文)
『IDIOM FROM THE WEATHER』
to break the ice .....(to begin a conversation with a stranger.)
He is very shy.If he goes to a party where he doesn't know anyone,he finds it very hard to break the ice .
知らない人と話し始めること。
a breeze .....(something easy for a person to do)
Because I studied English every day,the exam was a breeze .
簡単。（そよ風くらいどーってことないってこと。）
come rain or shine .....(no matter how hard it is to do)
Uncle Tom lives two hundred miles away, but he'll be at my birthday party come rain or shine .
雨が降っても槍が降っても的な。（どんだけ大変でも・・・・）
a fair-weather friend .....(a person who doesn't help when a friend is in trouble)
Judy showed that she was just a fair-weather friend .When I needed help on my report,she refused.
うわべの付き合いの友達。（天気がいいときだけ友達って感じ。）
full of hot air .....(taking a lot but never doing what one says)
Many politicians are full of hot air .They make promises,but they don't keep them.
口先ばっかり。
to have one's head in the clouds .....(not to know or understand what is going on)
I don't think she understands that she's in danger of not passing the course.She seems to have her head in the clouds .
よく理解してない。（頭の中は雲ばっかり的な感じ。）
to rain cats and dogs .....(to rain very hard)
It must be raining cats and dogs outside.The rain's pounding on the roof.
雨がドシャブリ。（猫や犬の泣き声的にばしゃばしゃ降ってるって感じ。）
『IDIOM FROM NUMBERS』
at first sight
forty winks
in seventh heaven
of two minds
on cloud nine
on second thought
to put two and two together
second to none
six of one, half a dozen of the other
=whatever you like
sixth sense
『IDIOMS FROM PARTS OF THE BODY』
a big mouth
by heart
to cost an arm and a leg
to have a sweet tooth
head over heels in love
a long time
nosey
a pain in the neck
to pull someone's leg
to see eye to eye
to shake a leg
『IDIOMS FROM PEOPLE』
to go Dutch
a jack of all trades
to keep up with the Joneses
a man/girl Friday(old)
a man/woman of means
the real McCoy
to run in the family
a smart aleck
Tom,Dick,or Harry
a wise guy
『IDIOM FROM ANIMALS』
IDIOM
definition (意味)
how to use (使い方)
ex.sentence (例文)
as blind as a bat
not able to see well because of very bad eyesight
be as blind as a bat
Without his glasses he can't see.He is as blind as a bat.
as quiet as a mouse :making almost no noise,being shy and not talking much
to read a book as quiet as a mouse/they're as quiet as mice
He is shy and as quiet as a mouse at school.
a bookworm :someone who reads a lot
be a real bookworm
I hear that she works in a library.Maybe she's a bit of a bookworm.
a copycat :a person who wants to do the same thing as other people
be such a copycat
She always wears the same clothes as her friends.She is such a copycat.
chicken :afraid,scared
be too chicken to try it/be chicken
I was so chicken that I couldn't ride a bicycle until 10 years old.
an early bird :the first person to be somewhere,a person who gets out of bed early
be an early bird
My roommate is such an early bird.Whenever I wake up,she is studying.
a night owl :opposite of an early bird
be a night owl
He is a night owl because nomally he comes back our house after I go to bed.
to eat like a horse :to eat a lot
to eat like a horse
Every time we invite Tony to dinner,he finishes every dish.He eats like a horse.
>b<
pigheaded :not taking advice,stubborn
be so pigheaded that/be pigheaded
My father is very pigheaded and he has never accepts any other opinion.
to smell a rat :to think there may be something wrong
could smell a rat
The store was advertising TVs for one hundred dollers.I smell a rat.
to talk turkey :to talk openly and directly
Let's start to talk turkey
Why don't we stop being polite and talking around the problem.Let's start to talk turkey.
to work like a dog :to work very hard
should work like a dog
She had to work like a dog to make good grades.
『IDIOMS FROM GEOGRAPHY』
dirt cheap
down-to-earth
to go downhill
to make a mountain our of a molehill
once in a blue moon
out of the woods
out of this world
over the hill
the tip of the iceberg
up the creek
to win by a landslide
『IDIOMS FROM RECREATION』
to get a kick out of something
to go fly a kite
=get lost/go away/leave me alone
a good sport
in the same boat
to keep the ball rolling
no dice
off base
on the ball
to put one's cards on the table
right off the bat
sink or swim
『IDIOMS WITH THE WORD AND』
back and forth
by and large
a cock-and-bull story
fair and square
ins and outs
odds and ends
right and left
safe and sound
a song and dance
spick-and-span
wear and tear
『IDIOMS FROM PLANTS』
to bark up the wrong tree
to beat around the bush
a bed ot roses
bushed
to hit the hay
in a nutshell
the last straw
to nip something in the bud
through the grapevine
to turn over new leaf
up a tree
『IDIOMS FROM CLOTHES』
to be in someone else's shoes
dressed to kill
a feather in one's cap
to handle someone with kid gloves
hot under the collar
to keep something under one's shirt
on a shoestring
a stuffed shirt
tied to someone's apron strings
『IDIOMS FROM THE WEATHER』
to bread the ice
a breeze
come rain or shine
a fair-weather friend
full of hot air
to have one's head in the clouds
to rain cats and dogs
to save something for a rainy day
snowed under
under the weather
to weather the storm
『IDIOMS FROM AROUND THE HOUSE』
to bring down the house
down the drain
to drive someone up the wall
to get one's foot in the door
to hit home
to hit the celling
on the fence
oh the house
on the shelf
to take steps
under the table
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