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Speak English in 30 Minutes: Advanced English Lesson(Idioms)

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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

恩をあだで返すな

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Get out of hand

手に負えなくなる

It’s gonna get out of hand.

Change T to D

Birds of a feather flock together

類は友を呼ぶ

Birds of a feather flock together

Sort through

~をかき分けて探す、~を分類する

I need to sort through all the movies in my iPhone.
I need to sort through my pictures frames to decide which one would be best for this project.

Look through

~に目を通す、~をざっと見る

I’m gonna look through my pictures to decide which one would be best with this frame.

Brush off

(ブラシで)払い落す

I need to brush off the frame because it’s been collecting dust in the closet.

Clean off

~の汚れを落とす、~をふきとる

I need to clean off the fingerprints.

Open up

~を開ける、~をひらく

I’m going to open up the back of the frame.

Break off

~が折れてとれる

The little tab just broke off when I opened up the frame.

Take off

~を取り去る

I take off the back of the picture frame and I put in my lovely picture.

Put in

~の中に入れる、~を入れる

I take off the back of the picture frame and I put in my lovely picture.

Put back on

元に戻す

I put the back back on the picture frame and close up the little tabs.

Set down, Place on

~を置く、設置する

I could set this picture frame down on the table or place it on the counter, but I think i will hang it up.

hang up

~をかける

come out

でてくる

I was about to hang this up on the wall when the back kept coming out.

tape on

テープを貼る

I decided that I needed to tape the back on.

Hammer in

ねじ込む、ぶち込む

I’m going to need to hammer in a nail in the wall.

nail 釘

Put up

~の上の方に置く

I could put it up on the wall to keep it away from my children, but I won’t.

Keep away from

~から遠ざける

I could put it up on the wall to keep it away from my children, but I won’t.

set on

~に向けて設定する

I need to carefully set my picture frame on the nail.

point out

~に注目する

When my kids come home they will point out that there is a new picture frame on the wall.

Lift up

(物を)持ち上げる

I will tell them not to lift it up or even pick it up.

pick up

拾い上げる、取り上げる
I will tell them not to lift it up or even pick it up.

Take Off

取り除く

If, one day, I don’t want this picture on the wall, I will take it off.

pass down

(次の世代に)伝える、引き継ぐ

This is not a picture frame that I’m going to be passing down through the generations.

give away

(ただで)譲る

I probably wouldn’t even give it away.

Sweep up

履き掃除をする

Now I have to sweep up the pieces.

dump it out

~をどさっと捨てる、処分する、まとめて捨てる

I’m going to have to dump it out in the trash and tell my kids to watch out for pieces of glass.

watch out for

~に気を付けて

I’m going to have to dump it out in the trash and tell my kids to watch out for pieces of glass.

Throw it away

~を捨てる

All I can do now is throw it away.

Pick out

選び出す

I will have to look through my pictures and pick one out that’s good for the next frame.

Fall apart

バラバラになる

Maybe the next frame will not fall apart like this one.