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 |
