List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression
- penny wise and pound foolish
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to sleep like a log, to sleep like a baby
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to take the blame, to cover oneself in mud
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- boastful story
- story about tengu
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to advance unobstructed
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to weigh (one thing against another), to compare (the relative merits of two options), to weigh (something) on scales
- to try to have it both ways, to play a double game, to have two strings to one's bow
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- slight amount, just a hair, hair of a rabbit
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- long ears, gossiper
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to astonish, to astound, to stupefy, to flabbergast, to strike a person dumb, to dumbfound, to take (someone) aback, to boggle the mind (of someone)
idiomatic expression expression
- burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed), exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself, hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom