English Dictionary

wet noodle

名詞

俗語

A noodle that is freshly made, before it dries out and becomes rigid. / A means of enacting a mild or ineffective symbolic punishment. / A wimp. / Someone or something that is limp, relaxed, or weak.

日本語の意味

乾く前の生麺、すなわち新たに作られた直後の湿ったヌードルとしての意味。 / 効果が薄く、象徴的な懲罰の手段としての意味（形式的な処罰）。 / 弱虫、すなわち臆病で頼りなく、力不足な人を指す意味。 / だらしなく、緩んだ、または弱々しく力のない状態を表す意味。

He tossed the wet noodle into the boiling broth with a practiced flick.

彼は慣れた手つきで出来たての麺を沸騰した出汁にさっと入れた。

意味（1）

A noodle that is freshly made, before it dries out and becomes rigid.

意味（2）

A means of enacting a mild or ineffective symbolic punishment.

I think I understand police states and things like that. They are not intimidated by being whipped with a wet noodle, and Jackson-Vanik is a wet noodle.

意味（3）

A wimp.

I am a wet noodle, she had said sadly to Sister Albertine.

意味（4）

Someone or something that is limp, relaxed, or weak.

A day in the water in any weather need not turn you into a cold, wet noodle if you suit up in the proper attire.

意味（5）

(slang) A man with erectile dysfunction.

Don't drink too much tonight. You know what happens when you drink too much. She lowered her voice. You become a wet noodle.

意味（6）

(slang) A flaccid penis.

TONO: A wet noodle. That's the explanation I gave to the desk clerk for having to leave in such a hurry. (He laughs.) A wet noodle. (He makes the gesture with a flaccid finger.) Oh, Jesus, and the guy understood.

意味（7）

A weak handshake.

A good solid handshake tells it all. Beware of the wet noodle handshake, which conveys a weak and unsure character, or using both hands, such as the politician's handshake or the glove, using both hands around your hand.

wet noodles （ plural ）