執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月11日 | Idioms
“He gives a good speech, but his plan is just a watered down version of the other candidate’s.” If a liquid such as coffee, soup or paint is too thick or too strong, you can make it thinner or weaker by adding water. This is called watering it down....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年11月04日 | Idioms
“Let’s get down to brass tacks. I want to finish this project today!” Getting down to brass tacks is similar to getting down to business. It means to skip unnecessary things and do necessary work. 「本気を出していきましょう。今日中にこのプロジェクトを終わらせたい！」 Get down to brass...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年10月28日 | Idioms
“I couldn’t speak her language and she couldn’t speak mine, but we had both studied English in school, so English was our lingua franca.” A lingua franca is a third language used to communicate by people who don’t speak the same native...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年10月21日 | Idioms
“You’ve had a crush on him for a month. It’s high time you asked him out!” “We moved into a big house with a yard last year. It’s high time we got a dog!” When something should be done very soon, it’s “high...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年10月14日 | Idioms
“I don’t like karaoke that much, but everyone else wanted to come so I just went with the flow.” If you are in a river with a strong current, you cannot fight it, so you must “go with the flow”. It means to go along with what the group...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年10月07日 | Idioms
“Consumers are no longer affected by traditional advertising strategies. We need to think outside the box for our new campaign!” “The box” contains all the old and usual ideas. If someone tells you to think outside the box, they want you to be...
