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得手に帆を揚げる【えてにほをあげるetenihowoageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom
毒にも薬にもならない【どくにもくすりにもならないdokunimokusurinimonaranai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
That will do neither harm nor good - idiom
毒を食らわば皿まで【どくをくらわばさらまでdokuwokurawabasaramade】毒を食らわば皿迄: expression:
In for a penny, in for a pound - idiom
猫に鰹節【ねこにかつおぶしnekonikatsuobushi】: expression:
temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom
ほとぼりが冷める【ほとぼりがさめるhotoborigasameru】ホトボリが冷める【ホトボリがさめるHOTOBORIgasameru】熱りが冷める【ほとぼりがさめるhotoborigasameru】: expression:
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down - idiom
卑下自慢【ひげじまんhigejiman】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
boasting of one's humility - idiom ➜ 卑下も自慢のうち
飛んで火に入る夏の虫【とんでひにいるなつのむしtondehiniirunatsunomushi】: expression:
rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom
膝が笑う【ひざがわらうhizagawarau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to have one's knees be about to give way - idiom
風に柳【かぜにやなぎkazeniyanagi】: expression / ~と adverb:
without making waves; softly; (like) a willow in the wind [literal] - idiom
分秒を争う【ふんびょうをあらそうfunbyouwoarasou】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second - idiom
糞も味噌も一緒【くそもみそもいっしょkusomomisomoissho】: expression:
not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom
盆と正月が一緒に来たよう【ぼんとしょうがつがいっしょにきたようbontoshougatsugaisshonikitayou】盆と正月が一緒に来た様 Inflection: expression / adjectival noun:
to be as busy as a bee; like Christmas and a birthday feast rolled into one - idiom
ざまあみろzamaamiro《ざまあ見ろ・様あ見ろ》: expression:
It serves you right - idiom
裏がある【うらがあるuragaaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something) - idiom
竜虎相搏つ【りゅうこあいうつryuukoaiutsu】: expression:
a fight between equally great opponents - idiom
歴史は繰り返す【れきしはくりかえすrekishihakurikaesu】: expression:
History repeats itself - idiom
六十の手習い【ろくじゅうのてならいrokujuunotenarai】: expression / noun:
beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn - idiom
地に足の着いた【ちにあしのついたchiniashinotsuita】: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
realistic; practical; grounded - idiom
尻の毛まで抜かれる【けつのけまでぬかれるketsunokemadenukareru・しりのけまでぬかれるshirinokemadenukareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to get ripped off for every last penny - idiom
狡兎良狗【こうとりょうくkoutoryouku】: expression:
When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom ➜ 狡兎死して走狗烹らる
爪の垢【つめのあかtsumenoaka】: expression / noun:
dirt under one's fingernails
shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit; smidgen - idiom
爪の垢を煎じて飲む【つめのあかをせんじてのむtsumenoakawosenjitenomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom
之繞を掛ける【しんにゅうをかけるshinnyuuwokakeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to exaggerate - idiom
面壁九年【めんぺきくねんmenpekikunen】: noun:
facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple) - four character idiom - Buddhism term
ぎんたginta: expression:
in case of - idiom - Kyūshū dialect

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