低調
1〔調子が出ない様子〕全く低調な試合だったThe game was really dull.生徒の勉強意欲は低調だったThe students' desire to learn was at a...
手前味噌
self-praise; self-glorification彼は手前みそばかり並べるHe is always singing his own praises.／He is always blo...
てをぬらさない【手を濡ぬらさない】
自分は手を濡らさないくせに文句ばかりつけるThough he 「does nothing [doesn't pitch in] himself, he is always finding fau...
出来不出来
彼の作品には出来不出来があるHis works are uneven.学科によって出来不出来があるHe is better at some of his school subjects than...
でくの坊
I〔人形〕a wooden figure [doll]でくの坊みたいに突っ立っているなDon't just stand there like a block of wood!II〔役に立たない人...
出る
1〔外に行く〕go out庭に出ようかLet's go out in [into] the garden.母は買い物に［用事で］出ていますMy mother is out shopping [o...
当惑
当惑する 〔途方に暮れる〕be perplexed, be puzzled, be bewildered, be nonplused ((by)) （▼bewilderedは最初の２語より少し強...
とうわくする【当惑する】
〔途方に暮れる〕be perplexed, be puzzled, be bewildered, be nonplused ((by)) （▼bewilderedは最初の２語より少し強い．no...
咎める
1〔責める〕blame ((for))，《文》 censure ((for))；〔あら探しをする〕find fault ((with))；〔たしなめる〕reproach ((for))；〔しかる...
得失
その取り引きの得失を考えたHe weighed 「the pluses and minuses [the relative advantages and disadvantages] of th...
