執筆者 Modern English | 2015年09月30日 | Idioms
“There were signs of trouble for a long time before the dam finally broke, but the corporation that manages it was asleep at the wheel.” A driver falling asleep at the steering wheel of his car is a common cause of car accidents. We can use this idiom to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年09月16日 | Idioms
“She made sure the room was picture perfect before the party.” Something that is picture perfect looks exactly right. No detail is overlooked. Perhaps it’s called “picture perfect” because it looks too perfect to be real, more like...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年09月09日 | Idioms
“Did you add that function to our website?” “No, I still need to tinker with it until it works right.” “My sister loves to take machines apart and tinker with them.” Tinkering is building or rebuilding something, usually a machine....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年09月02日 | Idioms
“The employees’ salaries were increased across the board.” This means that all the employees got a raise. The board in “across the board” was originally a board displaying the odds for betting on horse races. The term “across the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年08月26日 | Idioms
“How was the theme park?” “Too awesome for words!” If something is too awesome for words, it’s so great that words cannot describe it. The phrase can be used with pretty much any adjective. 「テーマパークはどうだった？」 「言葉にできないほどすごかった！」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年08月19日 | Idioms
“Wow, you two won the doubles tennis match easily!” “Yeah, we’re really in tune.” To play together, musical instruments must be tuned so that they hit the same exact pitch if they play the same note. Otherwise the music will sound strange...
