執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月22日 | Phrases
Jenkins: “What system should we use for—” Boss: “Whatever you want, Jenkins. I’m giving you free rein on this project.” Reins are the long strips of leather or rope that we use to control a horse while riding. In this conversation, Jenkins is the horse, and his boss...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月15日 | Phrases
Penny: “Have you seen my Nintendo? I’ve looked for it everywhere.” Sally: “Well, where was the last place you saw it?” Penny: “Oh, there it is! It was under the couch!” Sally: “It’s always in the last place you look.” We often say this when something we are looking...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月08日 | Phrases
Jill: “Want to go to the movies tonight?” Bob: “Can’t, I’ve been saddled with my sister’s kids for the evening.” When someone gives us a job that we find burdensome and annoying, we say we are “saddled with” it. A saddle is something you put on a horse, so you can sit...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月01日 | Phrases
Bartender: “Name your poison.” Customer: “I’ll have a whiskey.” “Name your poison” is a way to ask what kind of alcohol someone wants to drink. Alcohol can have negative effects (including alcohol poisoning) so in this phrase it is called “poison”. バーテンダー：「何にする？」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月25日 | Phrases
“Welcome back! Has it been a month already? I missed you so much!” There is no exact translation in Japanese for this English phrase, so you have to say it in different ways. “I missed you” becomes “I wanted to see you.” “I will miss you” (often said when someone...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月18日 | Phrases
“Today I saw a flying horse!” “You don’t say!” When someone tells you something surprising, you can react by saying, “You don’t say!” It’s hard to believe that there is a flying horse, but it doesn’t mean you think your friend is lying. You can also say it...
