【English unfamiliar phrases】
There seem to be plenty of English phrases which they frequently use their everyday lives,but they have never been printed in English dictionary.😃
I'm going to express this thread,being based in a book,『日常会話なのに辞書にのっていない英語の本』The next remarks are quoted from a preface of the book.Its author said like the next.☝
Its her experience when she visited the U.S.A.for the first time.She was waiting for her friend in her rental car near an express exit in Los Angeles.She became aware that a policeman who had a good physique looked into her car.👮
He said to her.“Pull over there”but she couldn't grasp what he meant.She was so confused that she babbled out.She wanted to say that she was waiting for her friend,but she ended up saying“I just want a friend.”😳
He spat out“Move it, anyway!”behaved himself as if he had driven her away,with his mouth wide open.👮
However,she may have been lucky,for there were a lot of ill-natured policemen,they made citizens have bitter experiences,for example…😱
To be continued.🙋
15/03/08 10:06 追記
To my sorrow,this thread approches an end.Even if having not reached 500 threads,I'll give up this thread.Thank you very much everyone.🙌
15/03/22 22:15 追記
This thread was over,but I'm gonna to build other thread next Sunday,it's English one,of course.🙋
>> 100
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or reprimanded,or whether…】
《Let it go》
To my sorrow,in fact,I'm not sure which one is correct.Are both of them exact?It seems to be impossible,for each nuance is so different that I don't think so.☝
I have little confidence in my English ability,for it's just that my English is almost self education,furthermore I've never been abroad,and I don't have any foreign acquaintance.😂
If someone knows something useful on the phrase,let it go,could you please tell me it?🙋
《You're playing with fire.》
It means that I find it dangerous.There is a Japanese phrase,what's called 火遊び,the English one is the same meaning.🔥
《Don't get carried away.》
The carry away means that being fascinated by something,or being absorbed in something.Therefore a situation of being carried away is you're immersed in something so much that you look as if someone or something carry your heart out of yourself.☀
When going overboard in something,others seem to use…
>> 101
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or reprimanded,or whether…】
《Put your own house in order.》
They use the phrase so as to remonstrate with someone who is apt to be in high spirit somehow.😥
It means that instead of doing it,tidy up things around yourself.
Synonym
Put your house in order first.
《Don't bite off more than you can chew.》
The bite off means biting into food like a meat.The chew means crunching something edible into bits.😃
If translating the phrase literally,don't bite into a thing at which you can't chew.In short it means that remember your place.😒
《Act your age.》
If they continue doing or saying something childish too much,others use the phrase for them.
It means like the next one.
“You're not young anymore.What have you been doing?😥
Basically,when teachers or parents reprove their pupils or children for something,the phrase is used.
Synonym
Don't be a baby.
Grown up!
You know better.
>> 102
【I'm not sure whether I'm admired or reprimanded,or whether…】
《Face the music.》
The face means confronting something,or looking squarely at something,but facing the music,what does it mean?🎵
Let's suppose that an actor lost his confidence in his own ability as an actor just before coming on the stage,but he had to appear on the stage and need to face the audience.😱
There was a musical band between the stage and the audience.The members of the band play a music…🎵
Some opinions say the phrase originates from the situation.
The phrase means telling to accept the result,or to look at reality in front of them.☝
Synonym
It's time to face the music.
《Take my word for it.》
The take one's word for it is a phrase which means believing someone's remarks.😃
《It's muggy.》
We the Japanese are frequently worried about the situation.Almost all of us find it uncomfortable,some people don't feel good.The situation happens to be in the U.S.A.but …
The phrase means it's humid.
>> 103
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or reprimanded,or whether…】
《It's muggy.》
The impression is unfamiliar to us the Japanese.🇯
By the way,the phrase means that it's hot and humid.I failed to add the hot.I'm sorry for it.😳
If it's only hot,we don't have to use the humid.The question is humidity.😥
Synonym
It's like a sauna out there.
It's sticky.
As for the sticky,it has the next nuance.
It's so humid that the one is soaked in sweat.
When responding to it,they sometimes do like the next,but it depends.
It sure is.
《I broke my neck.》
The phrase has nuance like the next.
I've been doing so hard as if I broke my neck that I've got tired terribly.😩
Synonym
I busted my butt.
I busted my ass.
Both the butt and ass are hips, roughly speaking.
It's so hard that I find that as if my hip burst.💣
When undergoing great hardships,the American feel like that,I'm wondering.🇺
《I have a stiff neck.》
Lots of the Japanese tend to suffer from it.😫
>> 104
【I'm not sure whether I'm admired or reprimanded,or whether…】
《I have a stiff neck.》
However,some Americans also suffer from it.It's the stiff neck 肩こり.I'm sure I have to express it with other English phrase,but to my sorrow,nothing occurs to me.😂
《I'm done in.》
The do in means killing someone or making someone be tired out.😩
Synonym
I'm exhausted.
I'm wasted.
I'm bushed.
It wore me out.
《I need some get-up-and-go.》
It also means that I'm tired.
If it's only get up and go,it means standing up and going ahead,but the one who use the phrase says it need something powerful which forces the one to get up and go.😩
《I've got the flu.》
The flu is an abbreviation of influenza.
The influenza is an infectious disease that is like a very bad cold.
Contrary to it,an ordinary cold is a common illness that makes it difficult to breathe through your nose and often makes your throat hurt.😚
Some parts were extracted from Longman Dictionary.It's ashamed of me.😳
>> 105
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《I've been fired.》
It doesn't mean that someone sets fire to me.In short,I have been dismissed from the company.If so,there may be someone who think like the next.“ I'm wondering if being burned to death might be better.”😭
Synonym
I was fired.
《She broke up with me.》
The break up has several meanings,for example,parting from someone,disbanding,becoming weaker,or becoming bad.It doesn't seem that the idiom has meaning which is something delightful.😥
When separating from one's sweetheart,the break up is a conventional phrase.💔
Synonym
She left me.
《I got caught in the cross-fire.》
The cross-fire means being poured from different angles,or receiving a burst of shots.🔥🔫
It means that I'm in the middle of a trouble.
For example,when being involved in others' trouble,the phrase is often used.😱
《I really messed up!》
When scattering something messy over the room,the mess is used,but…
>> 106
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《I really messed up!》
When blundering badly,the phrase is applied for it.The mess means a kind of confusion.😩
Synonym
I really screwed up!
I fucked up!
《I had it coming.》
If translating it literally,it means that I made it come here.😃
The phrase means that I've expected its result.You brought on your own misfortune.😒
Synonym
I asked for it.
《I got off on the wrong foot.》
In this case,the got off means starting from something.
It means that as to even a first step,I failed to do it.
The phrase has nuance like the next.
I make it a rule to get out of the bed from the right side every morning,but I didn't this morning.As a result,whatever doing,I failed to do them.😫
Synonym
I got off to a bad start.
I got up（out）on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
《I wouldn't be caught dead.》
When being alive,if being caught,we call the situation catch alive,but caught dead…?💦
>> 107
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《I wouldn't be caught dead!》
It has nuance of being too shy to do something,for example“I wouldn't be caught dead in that swimming suit!”😳
It means the next.
“I would rather die than put on that swimming suit!”👙
《Have a heart!》
Even if rejecting clearly,he's kept me!😱
The phrase means begging someone earnestly to do something,for example,let's suppose there were conversations like the next.
“Please!”“No!”Oh!Come on.Have a heart!”In short,someone implores something.🙏
《I need it yesterday.》
It's not“I needed it yesterday.”You may think its grammar in the wrong,but it's a kind of a bit exaggeration.
For example,when someone asks you like the next,“Will you read through this document?”“By when?”After that the phrase is sometimes used.
The phrase means being in a great hurry.🚶💨
《I need it ASAP.》
The ASAP is an abbreviation of as soon as possible.🏃💨
>> 108
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《I need it ASAP.》
The phrase means that I want someone to do something quickly.🚲💨
When reading the phrase,we can usually understand it easily,contrary to it,when hearing it,we can't at ease.💦
《I don't have all day!》
When being asked something,or being so slow at the time when to start,someone tells them,feeling impatient.😤
Sometimes the the phrase means rather resistance or threat than request.😨
Synonym
What's keeping you?
《I know I can count on you.》
After asking someone something,the phrase is used so as to call its special attention.
The count on means that relying on someone,or something.If saying to you,“I knew I could count on you.”it's a thanks which means that as I've expected,you're reliable.☺
《Be sure to do it.》
The phrase is used for calling someone's special attention.
Synonym
Don't forget to do it.
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired,or I'm being reprimanded,or whether… 】
《Put yourself in my shoes.》
The phrase means that suppose you were in my position.
《Fish or cut bait!》
The fish means catching fish,and the cut bait means making baits.🎣
The phrase means that the next.
Even if catching fish or making baits,it's all right.Do something useful anyway!😤
When trying to do something,if going on being worried about what to do in the next time,others around the one feel impatient.
Synonym
Make yourself useful.
《How could you?》
When confessing his or her affair to the husband or wife,the phrase is adopted.The one who uses the phrase is enraged at the affair naturally.💢
Synonym.
How dare you!
《Watch your tongue!》
In the phrase,the watch doesn't mean looking at something carefully,but being careful of something.
The phrase means paying attention to its expression.
Synonym
Watch your mouth.
There is other phrase of watch your language,but it's…
>> 110
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《Watch your tongue!》
The phrase of watch your language means that reproving,you shouldn't use such a dirty language.☝
《Don't take it out on me.》
The phrase of take it out on means being very hard on the one.😩
《I wasn't born yesterday!》
It means that don't make light of me!😣
In short,we shouldn't do something irresponsible,nor tell a childish lie so as to cheat others.☝
Synonym
I'm not that dumb!
I'm not so stupid!
《I just can't take it!》
The take has meaning of swallowing an insult,or putting up with something hard.😤
The phrase means that I've reached the limits of my patience.😚
Synonym
I can't stand it.
I can't take it anymore.
《I've had it!》
The had it has an unique meaning in colloquial language.The phrase is used for varied things like a job,a person or something abstract.😃
Speaking of a phrase of I've had it with you,it's a kind of…
>> 111
【I'm not sure whether I'm being admired or I'm being reprimanded,or whether…】
《I've had it!》
The phrase of“I had it with you!”is typical parting shots 捨てぜりふ when a married couple or a pair of lovers breaks up after a quarrel.💔
The I've had it means being tired of something.😩
《Shame on you!》
The shame means disgrace.
The phrase means that you ought to be ashamed of yourself!😒
Synonym
Shame,shame!
For shame!
《Don't breathe down my neck!》
The phrase means that leave me alone!
When being in the middle of being engaged of doing job,if someone speaks to you one thing and analysis behind you,you'll fly into a rage.☝
Synonym
Get off my tail!
Get off my back!
《I've get even!》
The even is being equal to something. 😃
The phrase means that I'll revenge you!😣
When someone hurts me,I'll feel like revenging it.I call it quits.In short it's even.😜
When paying its debt,they often seem to say,“Now we're even.”
Synonym
I won't forget this!
>> 112
【The more I try to listen to it,the more I can't understaxd it.Strange way of saying when the Americans explain something,or someone to others.】
《He's type-A.》
If the phrase is used in Japan,needless to say,it's the a blood type,but they don't seem to be worried about it.
It means that he's so energetic and positive that he tackles everything actively,I'm sure.💪
Type-A personality is the one who works hard and plays hard.In short,for example,he's the one who works 12 hours everyday,studying English at night,enjoying playing golf on a day off even if he is over 50 years old.😲
Contrary to it,the one of type-B is more easygoing for everything.🙋
《He's a mensch.》
The mensch is German.It means a person,but it's originally Yiddish language.It means the reliable one.☺
The Yiddish means a language based on German used by older Jewish people,especially those who are from Eastern Europe,being extracted from Longman 現代英英辞典.😳
《She is gem.》
The gem is a jewel.The phrase means… ✨
>> 113
【The more I try to listen to it,the more I can't understand it…】
《She is a gem.》
The phrase means that she is quite considerate,honest,and reliable.She is the wonderful one as if she were a gem.🌟
《She's spacey.》
Someone thought the spacey means that having large space,in short,keeping an open mind,but it's in the wrong.😥
It means that she is as if she were in a dream,or drifted in outer space and she is impractical one.
Synonym.
She's spaced-out.
He's got his head in the cloud.
《She's a down-to-earth person.》
Contrary to it,the one to who is correspondent is very realistic.
Synonym.
He's solid as a rock.
If saying,“He hasn't come down to earth.”or“He hasn't return to the earth.”it means he doesn't come back to the earth at ease.It means they're beside themselves with joy forever.😒
《I'm a night owl.》
Needless to say,the one is nocturnal 夜行性.🌠
Synonym
I'm a night person.
Contrary to it,the one who is tend to act positively in the daytime…🌅
>> 114
【The more I try to listen to it,the more I can't understand it …】
《I'm a night owl.》
They call the one who tend to be positive in the morning an early riser,early bird,or morning person.🌋
《He's happy-go-lucky.》
Even if hearing the phrase for the first time,we seem to understand its meaning somehow.
The phrase means that he's carefree and easygoing.😃
《He's a counter-culture person.》
The word of counter means an opposite direction.In short,what he's thought is different from something conservative which is mainstream.
The phrase used to be adopted for the hippies in untiestablishment in the 60s,but someone conservative have sometimes recently made comments on other who is liberal.😚
《He's hip.》
The hip doesn't mean the bottom in this case.It means most advanced,being ahead of the times,fashionable,giving himself airs,or cool.😍
There seem to be plenty of musicians or artists who are hip.The hippie was originated from the hip.💡
>> 115
【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand it…】
《You have a finger in every pie.》
It means that you're liable to do everything.It has nuance that you want to taste varied pies,for example,you want to eat both of an apple pie and cherry one.😲
However it also seems to have different nuance,It means that you want to poke your nose into everything.😩
《He's a character.》
The character doesn't mean the one who appears in a cartoon film,or in a comic book in this case.The phrase means that he has a very clear-cut personality.He's eccentric.😲
However,the character doesn't always means being strange.The strange seems to have bad nuance,but when using the character,they often use it in a friendly manner.☺
《She's a gossip.》
The gossip means a bit of chat,light conversation,sometimes speaking ill of others,and the ones who love to talk with others.It doesn't seem to have critical nuance.
Synonym.
He is a taler.
When saying she has a big mouth,it means…
>> 116
【The more I try to listen to,the less I can understand…】
《She's a gossip.》
When saying,“She has a big mouth.”It also means she's talkative,but its nuance is something malicious.😏
《He is pushy.》
The push means pressing something forward.The phrase means that he is insistent,or intrusive でしゃばり.😥
For instance,the one who orders someone to do something at once,the other who has its own way,without paying attention to the situation,or another who tries to get into a bus,or train,elbowing its way through the crowd.😫
In a word,the one who meets this phrase seems to be good at pushing.😚
When saying,“Don't push it.”it means that don't force me to do it,and so on.😜
《She's demanding.》
It means that being with her makes me feel tired.She demands so much that she is never satisfied with anything.😔
Needy is a similar word,but its nuance has a feeling that wanting to be paid attention.☀
《He is a jerk.》
Without thinking over anything,if going on doing something silly,…😫
>> 117
【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand…】
《He's a jerk.》
The phrase means that he is just frivolous 軽薄,or stupid.😥
Others think the one who is equivalent to the phrase is unrefined,or foolish.😣
《He is mean.》
The mean has meanings of not only ordinary,vulgar,but also unkind,stingy,ill-natured and so on.😫
Someone says the one who corresponds to the phrase is the one who kicks a puppy at its feet.The coment on the person belongs to the worst.😔
If saying,“He is mean and nasty.”it's much worse,for the nasty means being in a bad mood,or being a violent temper.😩
《Give him an inch,he'll take a mile.》
It means that if being lenient with him,he takes advantage of the leniency.Roughly speaking,1 inch is 2.5 centimeters,and 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers.☝
《That's him for you.》
After hearing some episodes or gossips on him,others saying the phrase,smiling.It means that others think that's exactly what they thought.The phrase includes both good and bad things.😃
>> 118
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《That's him for you.》
The you doesn't mean any specific one.It's people in the world,or the ones around the speakers.They think he is like that.😃
《She's something.》
When commenting on a person,if the something is used,it's admiration,praise and so on.
《It's good-sized.》
The good is adopted for the phrase,so you may think it's an appropriate size,but it's not.The phrase means that it's too big.😱
It's a little big,not to say huge,but if saying“It's a good size.”its size is proper.It's complicated.😫
《It's a mess.》
The phrase is frequently used.The mess means being in disorder,or confusion.It's rather being scattered than being dirty.😠
A typical way of using phrase is referring to a room's condition,but it's adopted for diverse situations.For example,when inside an organization is confused,or the roads are jammed with lots of vehicles,the phrase is used.🚗
In short,the phrase is used for something confused.😚
>> 119
【The more I listen to it,the less I can't understand it.】
《It's a mess.》
Synonym
It's all messed up.
Its adjective is messy,but if saying,“It's messy.”its meaning is pretty limited.It usually means that something is scattered around a room. 😃
Contrary to it,its antonym is neat.It's also frequently used.😚
《This is haywire.》
The haywire is originally a wire which ties up some straw,and hay.Long long ago,when reinforcing an old house or a fence which was about to fall down,they used to adopt the haywire.🐤
They learned to call some buildings which were worn-out haywire camp,haywire outfit and so on,and finally the haywire itself has learned to have meaning of something confused,or something messy.😚
If saying,“Things go hairway.”it means that a plan or an estimate were ruined.😚
《That's a snafu.》
The snafu is originally a slang used in an army.Its an abbreviation of“situation normal,all fucked up.》
The situation normal means that the situation is the same as it is…
>> 120
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《That's a snafu.》
All fucked up means that everything is a mess.When pronouncing the snafu,we have to be careful of the end of the word.Touching upper teeth to lower lip.😃
《It's weird.》
We the Japanese aren't familiar with the word of the weird,but the Americans usually use it in conversations of everyday life.☝
When looking up it in dictionary,it means super natural,or strange,but they actually use it without reserve.Its nuance is creepy.😨
《It's a pain in the ass.》
It means that it's troublesome.For example,being in a situation of making a declaration of tax,or without dealing with it,storing up slips 伝票 of expense.😥
The refined ones never use the phrase in front of a person of the opposite sex.😳
They also use the next phrases as an euphemism 婉曲的表現.
“It's a pain in the butt.”or“It's a pain in the rear.”
If saying“He's a pain in the ass.”,it means that he is hard to be sociable.I'm the one like that.😒
>> 121
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《It's a pain in the ass.》
By the way,both the rear and butt are bottom.When facing something tiresome,the place where the Americans feel pain is the bottom.😚
Contrary to it,when being in the same situation,the place where we the Japanese feel pain is a head.I find it interesting.😁
《That's fly in the ointment.》
The ointment is a soft cream.We rub it into our skin,especially as a medical treatment.When being a fly in the soft cream,what does it mean?😥
It means a shortcoming,or defect.For example,while the one has a fantastic strong point,it has an weak point.The others find it's regrettable.😔
An example.
The only defect in his otherwise well-formed figure is his short stature.
《It's touching.》
The phrase is equivalent to a Japanese phrase,moving the heart of someone,or something.☺
When having a comment on a movie,or a novel,the phrase is often used.
《It's touchy．》
It's like the last one,but…
>> 122
【The more we listen to it,the less we can understand it.】
《It's touchy.》
The touchy means being hard to handle,or being extreme too far.If saying,“It's a touchy subject.”the subject is hard to talk.😥
As for a person,if saying,“He's touchy about it.”it means that he reacts it excessively.😣
《That'll fill the bill.》
The bill means a list of what we need.The phrase means it'll manage to be useful.😚
In short,it doesn't always mean that it reaches the standard easily,but meets necessary and the lowest condition,or comes up to a fixed standard.👍
Synonym.
That'll do the trick.
《It's going to be close.》
It means being at the very limit of what is permissible.
Whether or not it's time,budget,material,that's at most anyway that we can concede.It's a very delicate line whether it reaches its standard or not.👉👈
《It's not etched in stone.》
When cutting nicks of line on a board made of copper,and making the board corrode 腐食,then we can make a copperplate print,and …
>> 123
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《It's not etched in stone.》
In short,there is room for changing it.😃
Synonym
It's not set in concrete.
It means that the thing doesn't make hard with the concrete.
《I'm not married to it.》
It means that I've decided it clearly.There is room for changing it in my feeling.😚
《Daylight savings time starts tomorrow.》
If translating“daylight savings time”word for word,it means the time where using sunlight during the daytime effectively.
The phrase means that what is call the summer time begins from tomorrow.
The summer time starts from an early dawn on the first Sunday of April, and ends on the last Saturday of October. To be exact,saving time is right,but almost all of the people use savings time.☝
《Spring forward,fall back.》
When daylight savings time starts,lots of people aren't sure every time whether they should set their clocks 1 hour earlier,or 1 hour late.Therefore there is the phrase.👍
>> 124
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《Spring forward,fall back.》
In a word, when starting,they set their clocks one hour early,when ending,one hour late.
When spriniging forward,no one can't spring back,and when falling back,no one can't fall forward,so no one forgets when to start.
Considered English grammar,both of the spring back and fall forward seem to be in the wrong.They are impossible,but to tell the truth,I'm afraid I may say like that.I must be careful!😳
《I caught spring fever yesterday.》
It doesn't mean that my fever rises because of cold in spring.
The phrase means that the spring weather didn't make me stay in my house.
When spring comes,and it is getting warmer,lots of people are tend to be buoyant and cheerful,especially the people who live in cold areas.😍
They seem to be liable to want to stay in the open air terribly,for example,some play baseball or basketball,others putter around work in the garden,or go on a picnic,so they…
>> 125
【The more I try to understand it,the less I can.】
《I caught spring fever yesterday.》
The people who in the situation feel like spending their time the outdoors excessively,so others call them the one who is in the kind of syndrome of the spring fever.🙌
Though having said the syndrome,they are never suffering from sickness a bit.😃
《We're having Indian summer.》
If feeling it is warmer one day in late autumn…
I hate to use the Japanese word,but to my sorrow,any other one which fits the phrase doesn't occur to me.The Indian summer is 小春日和.😳
Then it's sometimes so warm that they feel as if summer came there for a while actually.The Indian summer is a little longer than Japanese one,it sometimes continues a week.☀
《I'll call you at ten o'clock your time.》
When talking with others in a distance place over the phone,they have to be careful of a difference in time.The your time means the time of the place where you are.They often use the phrase on the phone.☎
>> 126
【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《I call you at ten o'clock your time.》
Synonym
Could you call me at noon my time?
《Nine o'Clock Eastern.》
The U.S.A.is so vast that it has five kinds of time difference.
The phrase means it's nine o'clock in the Eastern standard time.When TV programs are usually notified,the Eastern Standard Time is used in the whole U.S.A.🇺
Being toward west, there are 5 Standard Time,such as Center,Mountain,Pacific,Alaska Time,and Hawaiian Time.They are different every one hour.😃
Each area has even each daylight saving time 夏時間.They sometimes shorten the Eastern Standard Time to EST,its daylight saving time to EDT.☝
《This comes in handy.》
When enjoying shopping,we tend to be worried about an explanation on goods.While we want to ask,we won't be able to understand it after all…💦
However,as long as we listen to it carefully,it'll sometimes be good for us.💡
It means that it's useful over one thing or another.☺
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【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《This comes in handy.》
The handy means being within reach,useful,or convenient.They use the phrase for tools,electric appliances,and clothes.📺
Synonym
This is handy.
《This'll do the job.》
When asking a salesclerk like that,“I'm looking for something like the one …”it often uses the phrase.
The phrase means that it's suitable for your aim.
The phrase is used for in various area such as from machinery to miscellaneous goods 雑貨 for daily use like detergent.When recommending that customers should buy the commodity,the salesclerk uses it.😃
Synonym
This works well.
That'll do.
《This is the best buy.》
If being lots of similar commodities,we are apt to choose top-brand articles,then a salesperson uses the phrase.
It means that it's a bargain.
Synonym
This is the best value.
《This is the top of the line.》
It means the best kind of the machine in the manufacturer.
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【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
『This is the top of the line.』
When explaining electronic appliances like audio goods,or cameras to customers,they've often heard the phrase.📷
The line means that what kinds of goods the maker offers.😃
『This is a hot seller.』
It means that it sells well.
Synonym
This is a popular item.
『This is generic.』
The generic isn't familiar with us the Japanese,but we often seem to hear it in the U.S.A.🇺
A generic product doesn't have a special name to show that it's made by a particular company.
I've said it's unfamiliar,but I sometimes go to hospital,after that I also go to a pharmacy.Whenever I go there,a sales clerk asks me whether or not I want a generic medicine.I'm sure the generic one is reasonable.☺
The word is basically unlabeled.😃
『This is a bargain.』
The phrase doesn't always mean a specially reduced price.
It means it's a good buy.
Synonym
This is a good deal.
>> 129
【The more I try to listen to it,the less you can understand it.】
『This is on sale now.』
It means it's a bargain article.
The sales clerk says like that.“I'm going to discount it.This time is all right.🙆
A paper is often stuck on the article.The phrase of“on sale”is written on the paper.
『It'll save you money.』
The save also means doing with something without paying.
The phrase means that it's a good bargain.
When having a chat with someone,some Americans frequently say like the next.“I saved 10 dollars.”
If comparing them with us the Japanese,they don't seem to be good at saving money,but they are good at buying goods in reasonable price.😲
The letters of the sale appears on bills for bargain sale,or commercial on TV.📺
『This is in mint condition.』
When selling secondhand goods,it's a conventional phrase for the sales.
The mint has also meaning of an official institution which produces money.When using it as an adjective,it means that brand-new,or it's
>> 130
【The more I try to listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
『This is in mint condition.』
When using the mint as adjective,it's means that it's brand-new,or it's has been printed just now.
By the way,if saying,“It costs a mint.”it means that its price is very high.😱
『This style never goes out.』
It doesn't always mean that the article never be sold.
The phrase means that it has nothing to do with a fashionable style which is pnpular among the people.
The out in the phrase means out of style.
In a word,it's so orthodox that it'll never lose its popularity.A sales clerk who a uses the phrase seems to be proud.👍
『This is in now.』
A sales clerk in a boutique is good at the phrase,though some people misunderstood the articles had arrived just then.💦
The phrase means that it's the latest fashion.
As for a fashionable style,if using the in,it means being in the middle of popular among the people,being in style.😍
Synonym
This style is hot now.
>> 131
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
『This is in now.』
They used to say‘ in vogue’but the way of saying has already been out of fashion.
A word of trendy means some people or stores which are sensitive to the fashion.
By the way,when an antecedent 先行詞 is a person and a thing,should I use which,or who? To tell the truth,I'm not sure of it.😳
『Stay away from this one.』
A basic meaning of the phrase,stay away,is being away from it.Without realizing it,we are apt to step back…💦
The phrase means that I can't recommend very much you should do it.
Synonym
I wouldn't recommend this one.
『It's not worth it.』
It means like the next.
If you spend it on such the mondy,there is by far better other ones.
In short,considering its price,it's not so valuable.😚
『It wouldn't pay.』
The phrase seems to be adopted in a special scene.For example,as to repainting for an old car,the phrase is used.🚗
>> 132
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《It wouldn't pay.》
In short,even if you spend plenty of money on the old fashioned car,it can't pay.🚗
The phrase is an abbreviation of“It wouldn't pay to do that.”
《As is.》
The phrase is often shown directly on articles.
It means that only one articke which is displayed is left.The articke may have had some flaws,or dirts,but it's usually discounted.
《Give me a ring.》
The ring doesn't mean a piece of jewelry that we wear on our finger.We the Japanese are easy to misunderstand it.
It means asking you to telephone.
Synonym
Give me a call.
《Leave a message on my machine.》
Speaking of a machine,some people are liable to occur a splendid one,but…
To be exact,the machine is a telephone answering machine,but they call the ones which are used in business or hote voice mail.It's a network of the answering machine.☎
《Please beep me.》
The beep is a kind of imitation sound.
When making a beeper ポケベル promote …
>> 133
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《Please beep me.》
When making the beeper promote,we can hear its sound,beep,so they call the instrument beeper in the U.S.A.I'm wondering.They call the beeper a pager.🇺
Synonym
Please ring my beeper.
Call my page.
The page means telling someone to come to a hotel lobby.😃
《My extension is five-oh.》
When telling a telephone number of a company,the phrase is added.As for the telephone,speaking of the extension,it means 内線.☎
If wanting to dial directly,they call it direct line.
When hearing both fifteen and fifty,they are apt to fail to listen to it exactly,so they often say like the five-oh.
Synonym
Ask for extension number twenty five.
By the way,almost all of the people use cellphones in Japan.If the Americans do like the Japanese,the phrase may be a dead language.😚
《I'm getting back to you.》
When being on the phone,others used the phrase.What does it mean? Will the one come back here? but in fact…
>> 134
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《I'm getting back to you.》
The phrase means that I'll call up you again later.
Synonym
I'm returning your call.
《I have call waiting.》
The phrase is usually used after other one,“Excuse me a second.”
It means that someone has called up me,for my call waiting telephone キャッチフォン has shown me it.😃
Moreover,other phrases like the next follow normally.
Hang on a second.I'll get right back to you.
I'll get rid of it.
I'll take care of it.
However,our telephones happen to reach the call-waiting telephone.Then we'll hear the messages like the next.
I'm sorry,I'm on another call.Can I get back to you?
Could you call back in ten minutes?
Please call again in ten minutes.
《I'm being beeped.》
It doesn't always mean that my beeper has called me.It's just an excuse for suspending the conversation then.💦
《Hang on.》
They usually use the phrase in their conversations,in particular,when being on the phone.☎
>> 135
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《Hang on.》
In short,the phrase asks them to wait for a while without putting the telephone down.☎
Synonym
Please hold.
Hold the line,please.
《Hang up.》
Please be careful of the phrase,for it seems to resemble the last phrase,hang on,but its meaning is opposite.⚠
The phrase means that asking them to put the handset back in the cradle,and to wait for a while.When doing a long-distance call to other through a telephone operator,the phrase used to be used.☎
However,when calling up to an office,happening to be in a circuit which was on the phone,the phrase is sometimes used.☎
A phrase of the hang up originally means suspending something,or putting something on the wall,for the telephone used to be the one which was hung on the wall in those days.☎
Therefore,they used to hang up literally then.😃
《Get it?》
In this case,it means understanding something.It's an abbreviation of do you get it? or did you get it?
>> 136
《The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.》
In short,the phrase means that asking,“Do you understand what I've said?”
When answering,they do like the next.
I think so.
No,I don't get it.
《Get my drift?》
The drift means a current.When changing its meaning,it becomes a sense,or intention.
The phrase means asking,“Can you guess it?”
The phrase has nuance like the next.
I don't think I want to say it clearly,so I spoke in a roundabout way.Get it?
Synonym.
Get my message?
《Get the picture?》
After saying a complicated a situation,or human relations,the phrase will be adopted.
It means asking,“Get it?”In a word,the picture means the situation,or a whole structure.😃
Synonym
Do you follow me?
《Do you see what I'm driving at?》
Speaking of a word of the drive,I'm apt to imagine a car,but an idiom of the drive at means intending to do something.😚
It means asking,“Do you understand what I want to say?”
Synonym
Do you see what I'm getting at?
>> 137
【The more I listen to it,the more I can't understand it.】
《Can you make it?》
The phrase of colloquial word means accomplish,or come true.
As for a work,when dividing,requesting,or ordering,asking someone whether or not it's possible.
For example,when making sure a schedule for the job in regard to its date and time,the phrase is adopted.😃
《Can you make do?》
It's an abbreviation of “Can you make do with that or this?
The make do means managing to do something.Even if without being enough material or tools,trying to accomplish something.😤
For instance,when asking someone like the next,the phrase is used.“ Without being enough food in the fridge,can you cook something for me?”😥
When answering,if they can do it,they'll reply for it like the next.
This will be fine.
I'll make out OK.
《Will this do?》
It resembles the last phrase,but when handing over something to someone,this phrase is used.
For example,when being asked to hand over a ballpoint pen,but there…
>> 138
【The more I listen to it,the less I can understand it.】
《Will this do?》
For example,let's suppose that someone asked them to hand over a ballpoint pen,but they didn't have it.Then instead of the ballpoint pen,they used the phrase,giving a pencil to someone.✏
【If you want to enjoy a party or dinner among others…】
《I'll buy you lunch.》
When inviting someone for lunch,the phrase is used.It's a conventional one.
Synonym.
I'll treat you to lunch.
Won't you have lunch on me?
《Let's eat out tonight!》
The eat out memans without having a meal in its house,dining out somewhere.Needless to say,it doesn't mean going on a picnic.😚
If translating the go out literally,it means being out,but the phrase depends on its atmosphere.It contains varied meanings.For example,it means eating out,going for a drink,or going to a movie.🍻
《Why don't you surprise me?》
When asking like the next“What would you like to eat?”or“Where do you want to go?”the others replied like the phrase…👩
>> 139
【If you want to enjoy yourselves in a party or in dinner among others…】
《Why don't you surprise me?》
In short,the phrase means asking to make me surprise,or to make me have a good time.👩
Synonym.
You can surprise me.
I'll leave it to you.
I'll leave it up to you.
《How many in your party?》
If going in a restaurant,they'll be asked at the door of the restaurant,though they aren't going to hold a party at all.🎉
The party also means a group or company.
Synonym.
Are you by yourself?
Two of you?
At a restaurant in the U.S.A.as long as they aren't said to seat themselves,they are usually led to their seats.
Some restaurants have a signboard written on like,“Please wait to be seated.”Needless to say,corners of smoking and non smoking are separated.🚬
《Would you like a booster seat?》
When going in a restaurant with children,a waiter or waitress use the phrase for them.
The booster seat means the one for a child.It's a little chair on an ordinary one.👶
>> 140
【If you want to enjoy yourselves in a party or at dinner among others…】
《I'll be with you in a moment.》
Some waiters or waitresses often say the phrase.Some Japanese people thought the phrase was the next meaning.
“He or she don't seem to be here for a long time,therefore I'm wondering if they asked me to order something early.😥
It means I'll return at once.
After handing over a menu to them,and saying today's special meal quickly,they usually disappear once,but they'll come back later so as to take an order.🍴
However,they frequently take an order for only a drink from the customers in advance.☕
Far from in a moment! They sometimes don't return even if after ten minutes pass.In general,American restaurants' serivice is easygoing.😚
Synonym
I'll be right back.
《What'll be today?》
The phrase is unfamiliar with us the Japanese,but is frequently adopted.
It means asking,“Are you ready to order?”
Synonym
Can I help you?
What can I get you?
Have you decided?
>> 141
【If you want to enjoy yourselves at a party or at a dinner among others…】
《Would you like an appetizer?》
When ordering a meal,speaking of an appetizer,it's sort of hors d'oeuvre,but if being at a bar,it's a kind of snack.🍢
Speaking of the snake,confectionary like sweets, chocolates tends to occur to us the Japanese,but it seems a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal,according to a Japanese-English dictionary.🍟
Synonym
How about an appetizer?
《We don't serve alcohol.》
We can't think the situation in a Japanese restaurant and so on.In short,they don't have liquor license,but some of the restaurants allow their customers to bring a liquor there.🍺
Synonym
You're welcome to bring your own.
It's just that they have only to buy some liquor at a liquor shop,or to prepare for it for themselves.The restaurant offers a glass for them.🍻
《This town is dry.》
The ones who don't know the situation will be amazed.They prohibit others to…😱
>> 142
【If you want to enjoy yourselves at a party or at a dinner among others…】
《This town is dry.》
In a word,they prohibit others to sell any liquor in the town basis.There are lot of places where any liquor doesn't allow to sell in a residential area in the suburb.😩
It's only natural that there are neither any bars nor any liquor shops there.They can buy the liquor in other area,and drink it in their houses freely.Therefore there are usually plenty of liquor shops in the next town which crosses the border.🍻
《Can I see your ID?》
If looking young,and trying to buy the liquor,others say to them.At a bar,they are sometimes checked at the entrance.🙅
《Here or to go?》
I've heard that indeed,lots of the Japanese were at a loss for the phrase.If ordering something in a shop of fast food,its store clerk usually asks them like that.🍔
It means that asking them,“Would you like to eat here or to take back?
A lot of shop assistants speak so much fast that we the Japanese think they…
>> 143
【If you want to enjoy yourselves among others at a party or at a dinner…》
《Here or to go?》
They speak so fast that we the Japanese usually think as if they said“ヒあとゴウ”.When ordering,if having heard“ゴウ”you should think they use the phrase.💡
Synonym
Is that to go?
To go?
When answering,they like the next.
For here.
To go.
《Here you go.》
The“go”is also used in the phrase,but it has nothing to do with taking away.A waiter or a waitress say,serving some dishes on the table,and use the phrase.🍴
When urging gently,saying“Your turn.”or“Go ahead.”they use the phrase.
《Everything is OK?》
If having a meal at an American restaurant and a waiter or a waitress may suddenly use the phrase for us,we may be puzzled.😥
If going abroad,somewhere English is spoken,especially to the U.S.A.please prepare for the phrase, for you'll be asked at least once.😃
In short,they ask you,“Is the meal tasty?”
Synonym
How's everything?
Is everything satisfactory?
When answering like…
>> 144
【If you want to enjoy yourselves among others at a party or at a dinner…】
《Everything is ok?》
When answering to the synonyms,they say like the next.
Good!
It's fine.
《That's making my mouth water.》
The way of saying isn't refined very much,but the expression is candid.😳
It means that it looks so tasty that I'm afraid that some saliva may come out of my mouth.
In a restaurant,when looking at a menu,if some smell of something delicious flows for them,or if some dishes are served in front of them,the phrase will be let out.😍
If saying for the one who cooked for them,they usually say,“You're making my mouth water.” Speaking of a phrase of“mouth-watering”it's an adjective which means looking tasty.☺
《Yum,yum.》
The moment looking at a dish,they say the phrase,rubbing the stomach.🍖
It's all right even if chewing something with its mouth and use the phrase.However,it's originally a word which an infant uses,so they seem to avoid using in a formal place,otherwise…💦
>> 145
【If wanting to enjoy themselves among others at a party or at a dinner…】
《Yum,yum.》
Otherwise I'm afraid others suspect they aren't intellectually oriented.💦
Synonym
Yummy!
《My eyes were bigger than my stomach.》
It means that I'm worried that I may have ordered too much.I may not eat up them.😣
In a word,an amount of dishes which I've ordered exceeds the capacity of my stomach.It seems frequently to happen at a restaurant in the U.S.A,even if eating only a la carte,they often feel of fullness.😱
If it's the progressive form like“My eyes are…”it means that I'm always apt to order too much.😂
《That hit the spot!》
When being so hot that their throats are as dry as dust,if emptying a chilly glass of beer in one gulp,the phrase is suitable for the situation perfectly.🍻
In short,it means that it's a perfect timing exactly rather than feeling tasty simply.🙌
When being a bit hungry,if being offered for something light to eat like a snack,the phrase is proper.👍
>> 146
【If wanting to enjoy themselves among others at a party or at a dinner…】
《That hit the spot!》
We have to be careful about the hit,for it's the past tense,so if using the phrase,after eating or drinking something,we should.😃
If using it in the middle of a meal,instead of the hit,we should use hits,like“That hits the spot.”🍲
《You eat like a bird.》
If they have a meal with a Japanese lady with gentle manners,they may say.It means when eating,she does little by little elegantly as if a little bird pecked at food.🐤
Its opposite impressions are“eat like a horse”or“eat like a pig”but needless to say,they hardly use them in front of the one who eats like that.🍻
《All set?》
If a meal is done in a restaurant,a waiter or a waitress turn up again and use the phrase.🍝
It means asking,“Have you finished ordrinking what you want?”
Synonym.
Are you through?
Done?
The phrase sometimes includes other intention,asking,“Do you mind if I clear the table?”🍕
When answering…
>> 147
【If wanting to enjoy themselves among others at a party or at a meal…】
《All set?》
When answering,they usually do like the next.
I'm fine.
Could I have some more coffee?
《Would you like doggy bag?》
Taking away its own leftover at a restaurant in the U.S.A.it's not ashamed of itself,but when doing it actually,they use the phrase.It's a sort of expedient,I'm wondering.😚
The phrase means that a waiter or waitress ask them to a doggy bag for their leftovers.🐶
When answering,they do like the next.
Yes,please.
No,thank you.
《Please pay me.》
When not being accustomed to a life in the English speaking world,we tend to throw into cofusion when paying off the bills in the restaurant.“Where and whom should I pay!?”😳
If being asked from the waiter or the waitress like that,we pay to a shop assistant who is in charge of your table.If you don't need any change,put amount of money you should pay on the table,and you can go home.🏠
Then we have to tip them.The tip …😚
>> 148
【If wanting to enjoy ourselves among others at a party or at a meal…】
《Please pay me.》
In general,the tip accounts for about from 10 to 20% in the bill.I think it's too expensive,though to my sorrow,I have nothing to do with it,for I've never been to any foreign country and I won't.😂
If being said“Please pay the cashier.”we should do as they said.Then we should put the amount of money on the table as manners in general.😃
However,if I were in the English speaking world,every time I pay,I would think I lost.😚
《Please pay me now.》
Instead of the waiter nor the waitress,if being said from a bartender…
When drinking every glass of liquor in the U.S.A.they have to pay for it every time in general.Tip is also like that.By the wax,what is called a shot bar is just a Japanese English.😱
《Shall I run a tab?》
The tab means a bill.If being asked like that,they can pay all the bills in a lump sum together later.
Synonym
I'll put it on the tab.
As for the tip then…
>> 149
【If wanting to enjoy ourselves among others at a party or at a meal…】
《Shall I run a tab?》
As to the tip,every time they order a glass of liquor,you can do,or can do in one lump sum later.When drinking at a counter,every time drinking one glass,and receiving its change,they frequently pile the tip on the counter.🍺
《Would you like the change?》
When having a meal of which price is 8dollars,and handing 10 dollar bill,the phrase will be used.Then there is a difference of 2 dollars.The 2 dollars are in question.😃
In short,whether or not all the two dollars are tip is delicate.If the difference is big,even if a customer doesn't said on it at all,a shop assistant will bring the change to the customer.👍
When answering,they do like the next.
Yes,please.
Please keep it.
That's ok.
《Let's go Dutch.》
Dutch means the people from the Netherlands.The phrase means splitting the cost.😥
Everyone knows the phrase as a conventional one,but it seems to be a little old-fashioned.😚
- << 151 【If wanting to enjoy themselves among others at a party or at a meal…】 《Let's go Dutch.》 The Dutch used to be a rival for the British,so they've adopted the phrase in which a sort of contempt included.🇺 “It's so mean that the Dutch do like that.”the British used to think like that,for they were jealous of the Dutch,and the way of saying remains,I'm wondering.😃 《Let's split it.》 The split means breaking,tearing,or dividing something. When trying to pay a bill equally,they use the phrase.💰 “Let's each pay half.”It means the same,but it is limited two people.🍻 《It's on the company.》 When having a meal with people who are related to their job,or having lunch which serves for a meeting with others,someone usually uses the phrase.🍝 It means that it can be dealt with the expense of the company.😃 《Be my guest!》 In the U.S.A.when eating out with someone,they pay each bill by each of them as a general rule,but sometimes it happens.It means my treat.👍
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😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭…(匿名さん3)
6レス 232HIT 匿名さん (♀) -
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つぶやき
何であの世に居て記憶が消えるのか。 この世と記憶は一緒じゃない。…(匿名さん0)
500レス 3552HIT 匿名さん (40代 ♂) -
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いきていてもつまらない
たいしたことしてないから終わるのが早いんじゃないですか？(匿名さん1)
1レス 76HIT 匿名さん (♀) -
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男を全員こらしめたい
男ですが、あなたに幸あれ。過去に負けるな、自分の弱さに負けるな、たとえ…(匿名さん3)
3レス 127HIT 匿名さん (♀) -
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ぶちぶち〜良かったぁ😊 お役に立てたなら嬉しい❣️ 何故子供の頃 蝶々…(ご近所さん286)
343レス 13451HIT 社会人さん
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注目の話題
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心広くなったほうがいいかな？
お付き合いしてる彼には奥さんがいます そこは割り切って我慢しているのですが 来月後半に子供さんの…
33レス 611HIT 萌々香 (20代 女性 ) -
5年目…これからどうするべき？
5年付き合っている彼氏とのこれからに迷っています。 私は30歳、彼は32歳。 同棲2年目で、お互…
11レス 254HIT 社会人さん (20代 女性 ) -
何をしてもゴキブリが出てきます
賃貸に住んでますが、ゴキブリが毎年出てきます。 生ゴミはすぐに処分し、掃除もしてます。 …
9レス 210HIT 教えてほしいさん -
家族の前で一人称が言えないアラフォー
小学校6年生の時に一人称があだ名だったことを友達にからかわれて以来、一人称が使えなくなりました。入学…
20レス 280HIT ちょっと教えて！さん -
距離を置かれてる間、家に入れてくれた彼
先週怒らせてしまって 連絡を控えてるのですが 仕事帰り、深夜に家の鍵を無くしてしまい入れなく困っ…
11レス 239HIT 恋愛好きさん (30代 女性 ) -
パートの責任感。
よく、「パートなんだから都合が悪ければ好きに休めばいいし、責任なんてない」と言いますが、現場にパート…
8レス 153HIT 主婦さん ( 女性 ) - もっと見る
