中級81語
頻出イディオム
ネイティブが日常で使う80フレーズ
学習モード: ja の意味が常に見える
- break the iceidiom場の緊張を解くHe told a joke to break the ice.
- hit the booksidiom猛勉強するI need to hit the books before the exam.
- spill the beansidiom秘密を漏らすDon't spill the beans about the surprise!
- piece of cakeidiomとても簡単The test was a piece of cake.
- under the weatheridiom体調が悪いI'm feeling under the weather today.
- cost an arm and a legidiomとても高価That car cost an arm and a leg.
- let the cat out of the bagidiomうっかり秘密を漏らすHe let the cat out of the bag about the gift.
- once in a blue moonidiomごくまれにWe see each other once in a blue moon.
- the ball is in your courtidiom次はあなたの番I sent the proposal — the ball is in your court.
- bite off more than you can chewidiom手に余ることを引き受けるI bit off more than I can chew with this project.
- burn the midnight oilidiom夜遅くまで働くShe's been burning the midnight oil all week.
- by the bookidiom規則通りにHe always does things by the book.
- call it a dayidiom今日はこれで終わりにするLet's call it a day; we've done enough.
- cut cornersidiom手を抜くDon't cut corners on safety.
- down to earthidiom気取らない / 現実的She's a down-to-earth person.
- drop someone a lineidiom短い連絡をするDrop me a line when you arrive.
- feel under the weatheridiom体調が優れないI'm feeling a bit under the weather.
- get cold feetidiom尻込みする / 怖気づくHe got cold feet before the wedding.
- give someone the cold shoulderidiom冷たくあしらうShe gave me the cold shoulder at the party.
- go the extra mileidiomひと手間かけるAlways go the extra mile for clients.
- hit the nail on the headidiom的を射ているYou hit the nail on the head.
- in the same boatidiom同じ立場We're all in the same boat here.
- jump on the bandwagonidiom流行に乗るMany companies jumped on the AI bandwagon.
- keep an eye onidiom目を離さず見守るCould you keep an eye on my bag?
- kill two birds with one stoneidiom一石二鳥Doing it that way kills two birds with one stone.
- let off steamidiomストレスを発散するI go running to let off steam.
- make ends meetidiomやりくりする / 収支を合わせるIt's hard to make ends meet on this salary.
- miss the boatidiom好機を逃すI missed the boat on Bitcoin.
- on cloud nineidiom至福の絶頂She's been on cloud nine since the proposal.
- out of the blueidiom突然 / 予期せずHe called me out of the blue.
- pull someone's legidiomからかうAre you pulling my leg?
- rain on someone's paradeidiom水を差すI don't want to rain on your parade, but ...
- see eye to eyeidiom意見が一致するWe finally see eye to eye on this.
- speak of the devilidiom噂をすればSpeak of the devil — here she comes.
- take it with a grain of saltidiom話半分に聞くTake what he says with a grain of salt.
- the best of both worldsidiom両方のいいとこ取りWorking remotely gives you the best of both worlds.
- throw in the towelidiom降参するAfter three failed attempts, he threw in the towel.
- tip of the icebergidiom氷山の一角What we see is just the tip of the iceberg.
- to make a long story shortidiom手短に言うとTo make a long story short, we're moving.
- under your noseidiomすぐそばにあるのに気づかないThe keys were right under your nose.
- up in the airidiom未定 / 宙に浮いているOur plans are still up in the air.
- wrap your head aroundidiom理解する (難しいことを)I can't wrap my head around this concept.
- a piece of mindidiom苦言を言う / 言いたいことを言うI gave him a piece of my mind.
- all earsidiom聞く準備ができているTell me — I'm all ears.
- back to the drawing boardidiomやり直しThe plan failed; back to the drawing board.
- beat around the bushidiom遠回しに言うStop beating around the bush.
- bite the bulletidiom覚悟して困難に立ち向かうI have to bite the bullet and tell him.
- bury the hatchetidiom和解するIt's time we buried the hatchet.
- cross your fingersidiom幸運を祈るCross your fingers — I have a job interview today.
- drive someone up the wallidiom人をイラつかせるHis humming drives me up the wall.
- easier said than doneidiom言うは易しQuitting smoking is easier said than done.
- every cloud has a silver liningidiom悪い事にも良い面があるI lost the job, but every cloud has a silver lining.
- fall on deaf earsidiom聞いてもらえないHis warnings fell on deaf ears.
- get out of handidiom手に負えなくなるThings got out of hand at the party.
- give it a shotidiom試してみるWhy not? Give it a shot.
- hang in thereidiom頑張れ / 持ちこたえてHang in there — you're almost done.
- have a blastidiom楽しい時間を過ごすWe had a blast at the concert.
- in a nutshellidiom要するにIn a nutshell, the plan is too risky.
- it's not rocket scienceidiomそんなに難しくないCome on, it's not rocket science.
- lose your touchidiom腕が落ちるI think I'm losing my touch in cooking.
- no pain, no gainidiom苦労なくして得るものなしWorking out hurts, but no pain, no gain.
- off the hookidiom(罰・責任から) 免れるYou're off the hook — I'll take the blame.
- play it by earidiom臨機応変にやるWe don't have a plan; let's play it by ear.
- pull yourself togetheridiom気を取り直すPull yourself together; we have work to do.
- rule of thumbidiom経験則As a rule of thumb, drink 8 glasses of water a day.
- sit on the fenceidiom(両方の) 様子を見るStop sitting on the fence and decide.
- speak your mindidiom本音を言うDon't be afraid to speak your mind.
- take a rain checkidiomまたの機会にI can't tonight — can I take a rain check?
- the early bird catches the wormidiom早起きは三文の徳I get up at 5; the early bird catches the worm.
- throw caution to the windidiom思い切ってやるShe threw caution to the wind and quit her job.
- turn a blind eyeidiom見て見ぬふりをするDon't turn a blind eye to the problem.
- twist someone's armidiom強く説得するI had to twist his arm to come.
- under the tableidiom裏取引で / こっそりHe paid me under the table.
- wake up callidiom(現実を直視する) 警告The accident was a wake-up call for me.
- weather the stormidiom嵐を乗り越えるWe'll weather the storm together.
- when pigs flyidiomありえないHe'll apologize when pigs fly.
- you can say that againidiom本当にその通りHot today, isn't it? — You can say that again!
- your guess is as good as mineidiom私にも分からないWhere did he go? — Your guess is as good as mine.
- go down the rabbit holeidiom深みにはまるI went down the rabbit hole watching documentaries.
- elephant in the roomidiom皆が気づいているのに触れない問題Let's talk about the elephant in the room.
- the writing on the wallidiom(運命の) 兆候She saw the writing on the wall and quit early.