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naked as a jaybird

Adjective

colloquial

(simile, colloquial) Stark naked; nude; especially, naked in a public setting and without embarrassment.

Japanese Meaning

全裸、つまり服を一切着用していない状態。 / 公の場で恥じることなく裸でいる様子。 / 露出が過剰な、遠慮のない裸な状態。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

いたずらのあと、彼は食堂の真ん中にすっぽんぽんで立って、何も言えなかった。

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smooth as a baby's bottom

Adjective

not-comparable

(simile) Extremely smooth.

Japanese Meaning

極めて滑らか、触ったときに非常にスムーズな状態を表す比喩表現。 / 比喩的に「とても滑らか」や「滑らかさの極み」を意味する。

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The new moisturizer left her skin smooth as a baby's bottom.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

新しい保湿クリームで彼女の肌は赤ちゃんの肌のようにとても滑らかになった。

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slow as molasses in January

Adjective

(simile) Extremely slow.

Japanese Meaning

非常に遅い

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My computer was slow as molasses in January, taking forever to open even a simple document.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私のパソコンは非常に遅く、簡単な文書を開くだけでもやたら時間がかかった。

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nutty as a fruit cake

Adjective

alt-of alternative not-comparable

Alternative spelling of nutty as a fruitcake

Japanese Meaning

非常におかしい、常軌を逸した状態を表す慣用句。通常は「crazy as a fruitcake」と同義で、『非常に気が狂っている』や『非常識な行動をする』という意味で使われる。

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That theory is nutty as a fruit cake and will never convince the committee.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その理論はフルーツケーキのようにおかしくて、委員会を納得させることは決してないだろう。

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free as a bird

Adjective

not-comparable

(simile) Having no ties; completely free.

Japanese Meaning

まるで鳥のように束縛がなく、完全に自由な状態 / 縛りから解放され、制約のない状況

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After she handed in her resignation, she felt free as a bird for the first time in years.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

辞表を出した後、彼女は何年ぶりかで束縛のない自由な気持ちになった。

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black as coal

Adjective

not-comparable

(simile) Completely black.

Japanese Meaning

真っ黒（炭のように非常に黒い）

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Her dress, black as coal, caught everyone's attention at the party.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女のドレスは真っ黒で、パーティーで誰の注目も集めた。

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as black as coal

（ canonical ）

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as a matter of law

Prepositional phrase

(law) Legally; according to the law.

Japanese Meaning

法的に / 法律上

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As a matter of law, the court held that the contract was unenforceable.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

法律上、裁判所はその契約を執行不能と判断した。

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as such

Prepositional phrase

In the role or manner of the thing mentioned. / (usually in negative constructions) In a true or literal sense. / Per se, by itself, in itself, in and of itself.

Japanese Meaning

言及されたもの、事柄そのものの役割や様式として / 文字通り、厳密な意味で / それ自体として、固有の性質を持つものとして

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The committee has no legal authority as such, but its recommendations are often followed.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その委員会はその立場では法的権限を持っていませんが、その勧告はしばしば実行に移されます。

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give as good as one gets

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To behave toward others in a manner resembling or commensurate with their behavior towards oneself, especially in a situation where one is insulted or otherwise ill-treated.

Japanese Meaning

相手から受けた行為と同様の行動で応対すること / 仕返しすること / 相手の行動に見合った振る舞いをすること

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議で嘲られた後、マリアは相手と同じように仕返しするつもりで、批判者たちに直接対峙した。

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gives as good as one gets

（ present singular third-person ）

giving as good as one gets

（ participle present ）

gave as good as one got

（ past ）

given as good as one got

（ participle past ）

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privative as

Noun

form-of plural

plural of privative a

Japanese Meaning

『privative a』の複数形です。

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The linguist found several privative as in Old English texts, each marking negation in compound words.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その言語学者は古英語の本文で複数の否定を表す接頭辞「a」を見つけ、それぞれが複合語で否定を示していた。

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