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Idio. Exp. (K2E)
Level 3 and 4 idioms (kanji to English)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 猫に小判 | Giving a gold coin to a cat |
| 出る杭は打たれる | The stake that sticks out gets hammered down. |
| 猿も木から落ちる | Even monkeys fall from trees. |
| 石橋をたたいてわたる | Tap on a stone bridge before crossing. |
| 石の上のも三年 | Sitting on a stone for 3 years |
| 一生懸命 | To risk one's whole life |
| 雨降って地固まる | When it rains, the ground gets firm. |
| 十人十色 | Ten people, ten colors |
| 和洋折衷 | Japanese and Western mixture |
| 言わめが花 | Not saying is a flower. |
| 泣きっ面に蜂 | The bee stings on a crying face. |
| 残りものには福がある | There is luck in leftovers. |
| ちりも積もれば山となる | When piled up, even dust becomes a mountain. |
| 郷に入っては郷にしたがえ | When you go to a village, submit to the villages. |
| 以心伝心 | To communicate by way of the heart |
| 七転八起 | Fall down 7 times and get up 8 |
| 右往左往 | Going right and left |
| 朝飯前 | Before the morning meal |
| .井の中の蛙大海を知らず . | - A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean. - |
| . 三人寄れば文殊の知恵 . | - 3 people together have the wisdom of Monju. - |
| . 自信満々 . | - Brimming with confidence, supremely confident - |
| . 中途半端 . | - halfway and incomplete - |
| . 三日坊主 . | - a three day monk - |
| . 単身赴任 . | - solitary posting - |
| . 腕をみがく . | - to polish one's arms - |
| . 弱肉強食 . | - the meat are weak for the strong to eat - |
| . 大根役者 . | - daikon actor - |
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