いっきとうせん【一騎当千】
かれらはいずれも一騎当千のつわものだEach of these men is a match for a thousand.
一刻
1〔わずかな時間〕a moment刻一刻と対決の時は迫ってきたEvery moment brought us closer to the showdown.一刻も早くその子の両親に連絡をしなけれ...
一失
千慮の一失a point overlooked by a cautious personあれは千慮の一失だったIn spite of all our precautions, we overlo...
一瀉千里
我々は一瀉千里に５マイルの道のりを走破したWe covered five miles at top [great] speed.一瀉千里に仕事を片づけるrush through one's wo...
請け負う
1〔契約をして〕岩田建設がこの工事を請け負っているThe Iwata Construction Company has received [won] the contract for this ...
失う
1〔無くす〕lose賭事かけごとで財産をすっかり失うgamble away one's entire fortune／lose one's entire fortune at the gambl...
海千山千
海千山千の人a person experienced in the ways of the world彼は海千山千のしたたか者だHe's a cunning [wily] old fox.
裏金
I〔裏に張る金属板〕下駄の裏金a metal plate attached to the sole of a wooden clogII1〔賄賂〕a bribe裏金工作に出たThey resor...
売り渡す
I〔物を〕彼は収集した美術品を５千万円で画商に売り渡したHe sold his art collection to a dealer for fifty million yen.II〔裏切る〕彼...
大人
a grown-up; an adult入場料は大人１人千円The admission fee is 1,000 yen 「per adult [for adults].大人になったら何になりた...
