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あまり使わない?単語

2019-10-13 | 諸々
こんにちは!
いつも遊びに来て下さり有難うございます
*・゜゚・*:.:*・゜゚・*:.:*・゜゚・*:.:*・゜゚・*・゜゚・*:.:*・゜゚・

今日のネタ?は「英語で何て言うのかな?」と
ふと思った単語・フレーズを集めてみました

役に立たないかもしれませんが…知ってたら面白いかも
※他にも別の言い方があるものもあります

めばちこ(物もらい)
She has a sty in her right eye.

出っ歯
I have buckteeth.

反抗期
My son is going through a rebellious phase/stage.

ダンゴムシ
My daughter used to play with a roly-poly bug.

他人事
She feels cancer is someone else's problem.
It could happen to anyone.

みっともない
Don't do such a shameful thing in public.
Being full of excuses, his remark was disgraceful/shameful.

社交辞令
You're just being diplomatic.
It's not flatter words.
My mother was only trying to be polite in public.
I know that was lip-service.
He was just being diplomatic.

危機一髪
I had a hairbreadth escape.
He escaped by the skin of my teeth.
They had a close shave.

親孝行
He is very devoted to his parents.
She is a dutiful daughter.

いかんせん
We've no choice but to ask him to resign.
To my regret, I have to say no this time.

青二才
My son is still a greenhorn.
He is a bit wet behind the ears.

八方美人
Mike is a person who tries to please everybody.
Jack is a people pleaser.

小春日和
It is an Indian summer day today.
It's a warm autumn day.

やらせ
The TV show was clearly staged.

踏んだり蹴ったり
It's one after another.
This is adding insult to injury.

奥歯に物が挟まったようなものの言い方
Don't beat about/around the bush!
He is not quite outspoken.

普段の生活の中でふと「英語でどういうんだろ?」
まだまだいっぱいありますが今日はこの辺で…
皆さんも「こんな言い方知ってるよ!」があれば教えて下さいね