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When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.
警察が追っていたのは替え玉で、その間に真犯人を逃してしまった。
The coat she said she wanted was extremely expensive.
彼女が欲しいって言ってたコート、目の玉が飛び出るほど高かったんだ。
There were beads of sweat on his forehead.
彼の額には玉のような汗が浮かんでいた。
Kyowa Bank and Saitama Bank merged into Asahi Bank ten years ago.
１０年前に協和銀行と埼玉銀行は合併してあさひ銀行になった。
There is a river between Saitama and Chiba.
埼玉と千葉の間に川があります。
He dashed out like a bullet.
彼は鉄砲玉のように飛び出した。
Our love affair was as short-lived as a soap-bubble.
私たちの恋は、しゃぼん玉のようにはかなかった。
My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
父は私の弟を掌中の玉のようにかわいがった。
A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
彼女は気が短いのが玉にきずだ。
Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.
乙姫様は浦島太郎に美しい玉手箱をくれました。
What's more she went and ordered a top up of noodles twice.
しかもこの女、２回も替玉しやがった。
It would only take 100 or 500 yen coins, so I search for change but don't find any.
１００円玉か５００円玉しか使えないので私は小銭を探したが見当たらない。
The coat she wanted was eye-poppingly expensive.
彼女が欲しいって言ってたコート、目の玉が飛び出るほど高かったんだ。
Her brow was beaded with perspiration.
彼女の額は玉の汗だった。
Beads of sweat stood on his forehead.
彼の額に玉のような汗が出ていた。
The prime minister's answer was equivocal.
首相の答弁は玉虫色だった。
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out.
目玉をくり抜かれて王座についた王。
In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work.
