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頭の上の蠅も追えない【あたまのうえのはえもおえないatamanouenohaemooenai】頭の蠅も追えない【あたまのはえもおえないatamanohaemooenai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom
鞍上人なく鞍下馬なし【あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなしanjouhitonakuankaumanashi】鞍上人無く鞍下馬無し: expression:
riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one - idiom
石に漱ぎ流れに枕す【いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらすishinikuchisusuginagarenimakurasu】: expression:
to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong - idiom - obscure term
石橋を叩いて渡る【いしばしをたたいてわたるishibashiwotataitewataru】石橋をたたいて渡る: expression:
being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom
医者の不養生【いしゃのふようじょうishanofuyoujou】: expression:
failing to practice what one preaches - idiom
鼬の最後っ屁【いたちのさいごっぺitachinosaigoppe】: expression / noun:
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered (defense) - idiom
雪と墨【ゆきとすみyukitosumi】: expression:
diametric opposites; night and day; black and white; snow and ink [literal] - idiom
鬼に金棒【おににかなぼうoninikanabou】: expression:
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom
赤子の手をひねる【あかごのてをひねるakagonotewohineru】赤子の手を捻る【あかごのてをひねるakagonotewohineru・あかごのてをねじるakagonotewonejiru】赤子の手をねじる【あかごのてをねじるakagonotewonejiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤子の腕をひねる
赤子の腕をひねる【あかごのうでをひねるakagonoudewohineru】赤子の腕を捻る【あかごのうでをねじるakagonoudewonejiru・あかごのうでをひねるakagonoudewohineru】赤子の腕をねじる【あかごのうでをねじるakagonoudewonejiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm [literal] - obscure term - idiom ➜ 赤子の手をひねる
熟年離婚【じゅくねんりこんjukunenrikon】: noun:
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom
火に油を注ぐ【ひにあぶらをそそぐhiniaburawososogu】火に油をそそぐ Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up - idiom
恬淡虚無【てんたんきょむtentankyomu】 Inflection: adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:
rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom
四公六民【しこうろくみんshikourokumin】: noun:
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60% - archaism - four character idiom
五公五民【ごこうごみんgokougomin】: noun:
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half - archaism - four character idiom
失意泰然【しついたいぜんshitsuitaizen】 Inflection: ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom
強面談判【こわもてだんぱんkowamotedanpan】: noun:
aggressive negotiations; hard-line bargaining - four character idiom
如露如電【にょろにょでんnyoronyoden】: noun:
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term
論語読みの論語知らず【ろんごよみのろんごしらずrongoyominorongoshirazu】: expression:
knowing a theory without being able to apply it - idiom
洛陽の紙価を高める【らくようのしかをたかめるrakuyounoshikawotakameru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism
焼け石に水【やけいしにみずyakeishinimizu】: expression:
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (pouring) water on a hot stone [literal] - idiom
手前定規【てまえじょうぎtemaejougi】: noun:
self-serving logic - four character idiom
元の鞘に収まる【もとのさやにおさまるmotonosayaniosamaru】元の鞘に納まる・元のさやに収まる・元のさやに納まる・もとの鞘に収まる・もとのさやに収まる・もとの鞘に納まる・もとのさやに納まる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated - idiom
沐猴にして冠す【もっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu】: expression:
to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom
目の上のこぶ【めのうえのこぶmenouenokobu】目の上の瘤: expression / noun:
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom

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