A connnection lessons. Let's see how many connections we can make!?
Stop monkeying around.=Stop horsing around.=Get serious.=Stop playing around.
Language is not logical.
I have a monkey on my back.=I have a burden.
What do monkeys remind you of?
He's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.=He’s a lot of fun.
犬猿= to fight like cats and dogs
It's raining cats and dogs.
= どしゃぶり=It's really coming down.=It's pouring.
Can I pour you a glass of tea?
What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
=What does that have to do with
the price of tea in China?=Say this when someone says something completely unconnected with the previous sentence.
a non sequitur
意味不明の意見 =cryptic comment
He's like a bull in a China shop.=violent / rough / clumsy
He is clumsy. 不器用=He is all thumbs.=He is clumsy.
He has a green thumb.= He is good at gardening.=He is good with plants.
Don't thumb your nose at me!=バカにするな
記念日
Yesterday was the anniversary of the end of WWII.
WWII=World War 2
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers before an altar during a memorial service for those who died in the war, during a ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
