長女が学校でidiomの勉強をしていました。ちらっと覗いてみたところ、私が知らないidiomがたくさん!というか、半分以上知らない・・・(汗)
idiomや慣用句って、その言語の背景にある文化や生活習慣が徐実に表れているので、面白いですね。見ていてとても参考になったので、下記で一覧をご紹介してみます。先生があげたものが半分くらい、残りは生徒たちが紹介したもののようなので、スラングに近いものも含まれているのかもしれませんが、ご容赦を。
学校では、これらのイディオムから好きなものをいくつか選んで、例文を作り、イラストを描くという形で勉強しているようです。
イディオム | 意味 |
hit the road | to go somewhere |
brighten my life | make my life happy |
flying colours | really doing well |
go nuts | go crazy |
cat bit your tongue | why aren’t you talk |
hold your horses | wait |
kick the bucket | you are dead |
the straw that broke the camel’s back | the last thing makes something happen |
blew me away | something amazing |
feet being a branch | walk too much |
smooth as butter | clever and sneaky |
going bonkers | go crazy |
noodles in your head | you are silly |
pig out | eating a lot |
get cracking | get going |
a nail biter | an exciting game |
needle in haystach | looking for something hard to find |
keep your chin up | don’t give up |
tie the knot | married |
under the weather | not feeling good/sick |
break a leg | good luck |
cloud nine | very happy |
in a pickle | in trouble/in a tricky spot |
catch some z’s | sleep |
step on it | go fast |
elbow grease | try hard |
go bananas | go crazy |
hit the hay | have a sleep or nap |
easy as pie | very easy |
a hive of activity | busy place |
in the doghouse | in trouble |
as good as gold | very good |
with bells on | excited and ready to go |
joined at the hip | inseparable |
pulling your leg | joking around |
no dice | no luck |
hit the books | study |
take a hike | get out of here |
meat and potatoes | main point |
bust a move | dance |