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The coat that she said she wanted was very 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。
The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.
ボスには玉石混交のグループとは言われたけれど、俺は玉かな、それとも石なのかな。
A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
彼女は気が短いのが玉にきずだ。
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。
A nickel is a five-cent coin.
ニッケルは５セント玉です。
I'll have tomato and onion.
トマトと玉ねぎをのせてください。
His naked back and arms were beaded with sweat.
彼は裸の背中と腕に玉のような汗をかいていた。
My father is as bald as a billiard ball.
私の父はビリヤードの玉のように頭がつるつるだ。
Every bullet has its billet.
鉄砲玉に当たるも当たらぬもみな運命だ。
He leads you by the nose if you let him.
彼は人を手玉に取ったような扱い方をする。
Tears came into my eyes when I was chopping onions.
玉ねぎを切っていたら涙が出てきた。
The children were rolling a big snowball.
子供たちが大きな雪の玉を転がしていた。
That's what we call an "otoshidama".
それはいわゆる「お年玉」でした。
The 5 yen coin is made from brass and the 10 yen coin is made from bronze.
5円玉は黄銅、10円玉は青銅でできている。
The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
社員は皆社長の言を金科玉条としている。
The boss bawled me out.
主人に大目玉を食った。
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 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。
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。
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 baby tangled the ball of yarn.
赤ん坊が毛糸の玉をもつれさせた。
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.
