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A little bird told me… 7 animal idioms - Collins Dictionary Language Blog
Collins Dictionary has gathered some of our favourite amusing (and sometimes perplexing) animal idioms to explore their ...
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イディオムって面白いから好き。普通の単語より覚えやすいし。
industrious
意味 〈人などが〉勤勉な, よく働く (hardworking).
Let’s begin with one of nature’s most industrious creatures, the bee.
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To take the lion’s share means to take the largest portion of something, be that cake or opportunities.
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これはイメージしやすいな！
humble
意味 〈人· 考えなどが〉謙遜した, 偉ぶらない, つつましい （⇔proud）
In this writer’s humble and completely unbiased opinion, everything about cats is excellent.
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stir things up
意味 問題を引き起こす.
Another wonderfully visual idiom which suggests peaceful puppies snoozing someplace warm, to let sleeping dogs lie is to leave things undisturbed, especially if stirring things up is like to cause problems for yourself or others.
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