☆NihonJack⇔日本ジャック☆コミュのToday's Idiom from Brian

Idioms are very commonly used in the English language but may not be easily understood by non-native English speakers. I created this topic as a place to share and explain idioms.

I'll be posting common, useful and interesting idiom that I feel are relevant and popular. I encourage others to post idioms, as well. If you have questions about an idiom you've heard, this would be a good place to get answers from myself and other mixi members.

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Please use the following format for posting idioms:

(1) "The idiom goes here in quotes"

(2) Explanation

(3) ex: Example sentence using the idiom.
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英語で頻繁に使われる『イディオム』
でも英語が母国語でない人にはなかなか難しいものですね。

このトピは英語のイディオムをみんなでシェアする場にしたいと思います。

私自身もよく使われるもの、役に立ちそうなもの、面白いものなどを書き込みますので、皆さんもお気軽に書き込んでください。

こんなかんじでお願いします。
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[2] mixiユーザー 06月29日 09:23

"stiff upper lip"

Strict control over your feelings although you are very upset.

ex: I had to keep a stiff upper lip at my father’s funeral.

[3] mixiユーザー 06月29日 09:25

"back seat driver"

Someone who always gives the driver of a car unwanted advice about how to drive.

ex: My wife doesn't like to drive when I'm in the car because she says I'm a back seat driver.

[4] mixiユーザー 06月30日 11:04

"sink or swim"

To succeed by your own efforts without help from anyone.

ex: When Lisa moved out of her parents house, she knew it was time to sink or swim.

[5] mixiユーザー 07月01日 07:18

"pain in the neck"

To be very annoying or boring.

ex: The morning traffic is always a pain in the neck when I drive to work.

[6] mixiユーザー 07月02日 08:30

"a party pooper"

Someone who spoils other people’s fun by refusing to do what everyone else wants to do.

ex: You never go out with us after work, you’re such a party pooper.

[7] mixiユーザー 07月04日 18:56

"a dime a dozen"

Very common or easy to find.

ex: It used to be difficult to find a good coffee shop, but today they’re a dime a dozen.

[8] mixiユーザー 07月06日 08:51

"cost an arm and a leg"

To be very expensive.

ex: Your new car must have cost you an arm and a leg!

[9] mixiユーザー 07月07日 20:51

"read between the lines"

To understand something that is only suggested.

ex: She didn’t say that anything was wrong, but I could tell by reading between the lines.

[10] mixiユーザー 07月08日 11:03

"one and the same" (of two things or people)

Exactly alike.

ex: These days business and sports are one in the same.

(Sometimes people incorrectly say “one in the same”)

[11] mixiユーザー 07月10日 09:55

"caught between a rock and a hard place"

In a difficult situation, in which any choice that you make will have a bad result.

ex: Paul was caught between a rock and a hard place when his car broke down and the rent was due.

[12] mixiユーザー 07月11日 10:03

"be sitting pretty"

To be in a good situation with many advantages.

ex: We’re sitting pretty because the car loan is paid off, the car is running great and it still looks like new!

[13] mixiユーザー 07月12日 10:19

"tip of the iceberg"

The smallest sign of a much larger problem.

ex: When house prices started falling in 2007, that was just the tip of the iceberg.

[14] mixiユーザー 07月13日 22:27

I'm considering doing a video version of "Today's Idiom from Brian."

I would welcome comments to decide if this would be more a useful and preferred method.

Please give me your thoughts!

[15] mixiユーザー 07月14日 11:36

"sign on the dotted line"

To make a legal promise that you must keep.

ex: Be sure to consult a lawyer before you sign on the dotted line.

[16] mixiユーザー 07月16日 10:06

"to tell you the truth"

To be open and honest with you. (Used to introduce a statement)

ex: To tell you the truth, I’m surprised that he’s done so well on his own.

[17] mixiユーザー 07月20日 08:49

"paint the town red"

To go out and enjoy yourself in bars and clubs, etc.

ex: After my final exams, I’m going to go out and paint the town red!

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