Cold Idioms!

Friday night - Jan. 26, 2018

Cold Idioms! - Friday Night, Jan. 26, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

1. I am cold. 

2. I have a cold. 

3. I caught a cold.,   

4. I caught cold.

5. I came down with a cold. 

I came down with the flu. 

6. I got over my cold. 

7. I can’ t seem to get over my cold. 

8. I can’t seem to shake this cold. 

9. It is freezing. 

10. It’s chilly. 

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11. cold comfort 

I got fired, but it wasn’t because i did anything bad. My company just can’t afford me anymore. But that’s just cold comfort.

12. cold as ice = sb who is very unemotional 

She was as cold as ice to me. 

13. cold cash, cold hard cash = 現金

14. a cold one

Ex: Man, it’s hot today. I could sure use a cold one. 

Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!
Wednesday Night, Jan. 24, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!!!

1. as white as snow = very white
Her skin was as white as snow.

2. as white as a sheet = very pale shocked face color
What happened! You're as white as a sheet!

3. as white as a ghost = very pale because you are scared or shocked
What happened! You're as white as a ghost!

4. to be snowed in = to be trapped inside because there is too much snow outside
It's not melting! It's accumulating. It's sticking.
Ex: We got snowed in today. So we just stayed home.

5. to get rained out / to get snowed out
The baseball game out got rained/snowed out.

6. a snow job = a kind of fraud in which the bad person praises the victim too much
It's a snow job. Don't believe him.

7. to be snowed under = to be very very busy at work
I'd love to meet you for lunch tomorrow, but I can't. I'm snowed under at work.
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Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

Tuesday Night, Jan. 23, 2018, 11pm! English lesson!

A volcano erupted in Japan today.
volcano = 火山to，　　　
erupt = 噴火する
a casualty = a death or major injury

Headline: Japanese volcano erupts, raining rocks onto ski slope and triggering avalanche

ski slope = ゲレンデ
trigger = 引き起こす
avalanche = 雪崩

噴火 an eruption

Questions rained down on him.

I will rain bloody hell down on you!

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sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky.

a plume 〔鳥の〕大羽, 〔煙や水などの〕噴煙、水煙、水柱

to hurtle = to fly in an uncontrolled manner

“I had no idea what was going on.” = I was totally confused.

I got stuck in traffic.
I got stuck working late.
I got stuck talking to a customer.
Pattern: I got stuck verbing.
I got stuck with a customer.

Rocks also crashed through the roof of a rest house where about 100 skiers and snowboarders were sheltering.

to shelter in a place = to hide from danger

Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

Monday Night, Jan. 22, 2018, 10pm! English lesson!

She is pregnant.
She is having a baby.
She is expecting.
 
Her water broke. 

She went into labor. 産気づく
 
Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日 Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan which takes place annually on November 23.

She is in labor.
Her contractions are 10 seconds apart.
 
陣痛 contractions
The doctor delivered the baby.
It was a safe delivery. It was a difficult delivery.
 
1. a pack of wolves/dogs/teenagers
 
2. a flock of birds,
a flock of sheep,
a murder of crows,
 
3. a herd or horses/cows
 
4. a school of fish
a pod of whales
 
5. a swarm of insects
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Idioms:
 
1. He’s a lone wolf.
lone wolf 〈話〉一匹オオカミ、独りで行動する人、孤立主義者

2. A little bird told me. 

3. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. = Don’t question or criticize gifts.

4. "Fish and visitors stink after three days”. Visitors are no longer welcome after 3 days.
You wear out the welcome mat.

5. The mall was swarming with teenagers.
The old women swarmed into the coffee shop.


murder = to kills sb illegally

Sunday Night, Jan. 21, 10pm! English lesson!

Sunday Night, Jan. 21, 10pm! English lesson!

A woman gave birth on a train in Tokyo.
to give birth = to have a baby
I’m having a baby. = I’m pregnant. = I’m preggers. = 妊娠している
破水 hasui = water breaking (during pregnancy)

Her water broke.

産気づく = to go into labor
She went into labor.

1. They fight like ~ and ~.

2. It’s raining ~ and ~.

3. I am so sleepy at work that I often take a ~ during lunch.

4. He is such a coward. He is scared of everything. He is a ~ cat.

5. When someone doesn’t say anything we often ask: Cat got your ~?

6. 鬼のいぬ間に洗濯 = ?

7. 物事の解決方法は一つではない =



Answers: 1. cats/dogs, 2. cats/dogs,
3. cat nap, 4. scaredy-cat / fraidy-cat, 5. tongue, 6. mice / play, 7. When the cats away, the mice will play., 8. There is more than one way to skin a cat.

Saturday Night, 11pm, Jan. 20, 2018, English Lesson!

Saturday Night, 11pm, Jan. 20, 2018, English Lesson! 


犬, 狗, 戌　


a dog,  a doggie  a puppy, a pup, pooch, hound, a hound dog,
a stray, a stray dog, a mutt, a mongrel,  man’s best friend, a flea bag



1. It’s a dog’s life. = It’s a terrible life.


2. They fight like cats a dogs. = They fight a lot.


3. It’s raining cats a dogs. = It’s raining hard.


4. I’ve got to go see a man about a dog. = I have to go to the restroom


5. The stock market is a dog eat dog world. = It’s VERY competitive.

6. I'm as sick as a dog. = very sick… throwing up, etc.

7. I work like a dog. = I work very hard.

8. He’s a sick puppy. = He is mentally sick, demented, nuts, crazy. 

 
9. You are barking up the wrong tree. = お門違い

 
10. If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
 = Don’t associate with bad people.

 
11. His bark is worse than his bite. = He threatens or complains a lot but is harmless. 


Friday Night, Jan. 19, 11pm! English lesson!

Friday Night, Jan. 19, 11pm! English lesson!

Famed music producer Tetsuya Komuro quits showbiz after reports of extramarital affair

This would be unheard of in the USA.
famed = famous
showbiz = entertainment world, Hollywood, etc.
extra-marital = outside of marriage affair

He cheated on his wife.
He cheated on his wife with a waitress.
He had an affair. = conversational
He had an extramarital affair. = little more formal
He is guilty of infidelity.
You are an infidel. = You do not accept the major religion, especially Islam.

She had/suffered a stroke.
have a stroke卒中で倒れる、卒中に襲われる
cognitive damage = one’s ability to think is damaged

https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/Famed-music-producer-Tetsuya-Komuro-quits-showbiz-after-reports-of-extramarital-affair

Cripes! Give the guy a break for crying out loud! Hope nobody follows me around...
Cripes! = Oh, my God!
Give him a break. = Don’t be so strict or hard on him.
SENTENCE + for crying out loud! = SENTENCE !!!!
SENTENCE + already! = SENTENCE !!!!


I think that under the circumstances, this guy should be cut some slack.
We should cut him some slack. = We should not be so strict on him.

Tuesday Night Jan. 9, 2018 - 10pm! Happy New Year!

Tuesday Night Jan. 9, 2018 - 10pm! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I am sniffly. / I have the sniffles.

I feel a sneeze coming on.

I feel a ~ coming on. 

Let’s get some basic New Year’s English out of the way.


How did you ring in the New Year?

I spent it with my in-laws.

I celebrated it with my in-laws.

a) I got a haircut. 
b) I got my hair cut.

散髪してもらう、髪を切って［カットして・刈って］もらう

You look like you could use a haircut. 

What is your New Year resolution?
new year resolution 新年の抱負
My New Year resolution is to lose weight.
My New Year resolution is to learn how to play the piano.
My New Year resolution is to stop smoking.
My New Year resolution is to VERB.

1. Exercise more (38%)
2. Lose weight (33%)
3. Eat more healthily (32%)


O Salads are good for you.
X Salads are good for your body.

4. Take a more active approach to health (15%)

passive <--> proactive
5. Learn new skill or hobby (15%)
6. Spend more time on personal wellbeing (12%)
7. Spend more time with family and friends (12%)
8. Drink less alcohol (12%)
9. Stop smoking (9%)
10. Other random resolutions (1%)

Sunday Night, Dec. 24, 10pm! English lesson!

Sunday Night, Dec. 24, 10pm! English lesson!

1. I ate too much.

X I too much ate. 

I work too much.

You think too much.

Don’t drink too much. 

He exercised too much.

2. O I am full/stuffed.

X I am too much.

X I am enough.

colloquial - 口語的な

I can’t eat another bite.

3. We exchanged presents.

We exchanged phone numbers.

We exchanged business cards.

We exchanged contact information.

We exchanged ideas.

4. トナカイ = reindeer

Santa traditionally has 8 reindeer that pull his sled.

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blixen ... Rudolph

5. mistletoe
prickly =  とげだらけの、針のある

6. artificial trees = fake trees

7. to trim a tree = to prepare it for Christmas

8. Santa Clause = Saint Nicholas = St. Nick = Father Christmas = Kris Kringel