List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to hold fast to one's ways, to be overly conservative, to not get with the times, to guard the tree stub
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless), the clenching teeth of a dried sardine
idiomatic expression rare term expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do something foolhardy, to braid a tiger's whiskers
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to let a fox into the henhouse, to do something dangerous, to let loose a tiger in the marketplace
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- empty eyes, thousand-yard stare, blank glaze, expressionless look, eyes of a dead fish
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to look dead on the inside, to have a blank expression
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) idiomatic expression abbreviation
- to twist a thread
- to put all one's skill (into doing something), to do something to the best of one's ability
idiomatic expression expression
- throwing good money after bad
idiomatic expression expression
- throwing good money after bad
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- hearsay, rumor, grapevine