List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
rare term noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- ram (sheep)
- someone who lives their life by instinct
idiomatic expression expression
- to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp, to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be sacked, to be dismissed
yojijukugo idiomatic expression expression
- things that do not exist, fur on turtles, horns on rabbits
idiomatic expression yojijukugo Buddhism expression
- things that do not exist, horns on rabbits, fur on turtles
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon, to scoop water with a basket
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to harm oneself as a result of trying to harm someone else, to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to turn to the sky and spit
idiomatic expression expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to), to be unable to act on an equal basis with
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have one's predictions turn out exactly right
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- cause for headaches, pain in the neck, source of worry