noun:

• in high spirits; talking big - four character idiom

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun:

• one's superior's anger - idiom ➜ 逆鱗に触れる
• imperial wrath - orig. meaning

expression / noun:

• making matters worse; adding insult to injury; bees to a tearful face [literal] - idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom

noun:

• snail's pace tactics; walking slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings - four character idiom

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

noun:

• gay life - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• co-existence and co-prosperity - four character idiom

noun:

• common front; united front - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• (just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering - four character idiom

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom

expression:

• mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom

noun:

• loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• jump up for joy - four character idiom

noun:

• gird oneself up - four character idiom

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun:

• narrow escape from the jaw of death - four character idiom

noun:

• dagger - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• ten to one; nine cases out of ten - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

noun:

• castle in the air - four character idiom

noun:

• the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
• (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor

noun / ~する noun:

• rash and blind act - four character idiom