List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression
- small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority, person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others, a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
idiomatic expression rare term expression
- trusting a cat with milk, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, (giving) rice boiled with adzuki beans to a fox
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to make a cutting remark, to kill someone with a short blade
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- having no choice but to carry on, having no choice but to go on, being unable to change one's course of action, (with the) momentum of (a man) riding a tiger
idiomatic expression expression
- (staring) piercingly, (looking) hard
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to break off with (e.g. one's lover)
- to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)
idiomatic expression expression ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- clear-cut and straightforward
- (of a person) forward-thinking, honest, upright, frank
idiomatic expression expression
- a person's worth is assessed only when their coffin is sealed
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.), to all gather together
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to get conceited, to become vain, to get stuck up, to get a swollen head, to become a tengu