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When all the group members are silent, somebody must break the ice.

グループの人たち全員が沈黙しているときは、誰かが話の口火を切らねばならない。

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I'm sick of this hand-to-mouth existence.

こんなその日暮らしはもういやだ。

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It was so still that you would have heard a pin drop.

とても静かで、ピンが落ちても聞こえるほどだった。

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You shouldn't talk about Jack behind his back.

影で人の話をしてはいけないよ。

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He is not the only pebble on the beach.

あの男しかいないわけではないよ。

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You are treading on her corns.

君は彼女の感情をふみつけにしているよ。

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She was a bundle of nerves last night.

昨夜彼女は神経が高ぶっていた。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私たちが一緒に働いていたとき終始私をからかっていた。

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He earns his bread as a writer.

彼は書くことで生計を立てている。

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We'll put these plans on ice.

これらの計画は棚上げにするつもりだ。

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You're on the right track.

君のやっていることは間違っていないよ。

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Hawaii's really the land of milk and honey.

ハワイってまさにパラダイスだもの。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

一緒に働いていた時、彼はいつも私をからかってばかりいた。

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Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.

回りくどい言い方はやめて核心を言ってくれよ。

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She wears the trousers in that house.

あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。

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He is buttering up to his boss.

あいつ、上司に胡麻を擂ってやがる。

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The harassed mule got his back up and began kicking up dust.

いじめられたらばは、怒って地面を蹴り上げ砂ぼこりを立てた。

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I had a call from James out of the blue.

ジェームズから突然電話があった。

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You're certainly looking fit as a fiddle today.

今日はとても元気そうだね。

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

こわれやすいガラス張りの家に住む者は石を投げてはいけない。

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He's head over heels in love with Mary.

彼はメアリーにすっかり首ったけだ。

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The world doesn't revolve around you.

世界は君を中心に回っているわけではないんだよ。

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He lives from hand to mouth.

彼はその日暮らしの生活をしている。

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The boss called Jim into his office and gave him his pink slip.

ボスはジムをオフィスに呼び入れて解雇通知を渡した。

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He started to tell us his experiences during his stay in America. We were all ears.

彼はアメリカ滞在中の体験を話し始めた。私たちは耳を澄まして夢中で聞いた。

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I don't think I'm cut out for city life.

私は都会での生活に向いていないと思う。

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You had better make a clean breast of everything.

君はすべてのことを打ち明けるほうがよい。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私達が一緒に仕事をしていた時いつも私をからかった。

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His bark is worse than his bite.

彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。

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He's got money to burn.

あいつは腐るほどお金を持っているんだから。

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

ガラスの家に住む人は石を投げるべきではない。

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Hold your horses, young man. You can't enter here unless you have a pass.

ちょっとまて、君。許可証がなければここへは入れない。

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You are, so to speak, a fish out of water.

君はいわば陸に上がった魚のようなものだ。

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Is there a doctor in the house?

お客様の中にお医者様はいらっしゃいませんか。

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We were driven to the wall.

我々は絶体絶命のピンチに追い込まれた。

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My, you're looking green around the gills.

ねえ、元気がないみたいだけど。

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He always keeps his room as neat as a pin.

彼はいつも部屋をきちんと整頓している。

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My car is on its last legs.

私の車はおんぼろになってしまいました。

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Bill and John like to get together once a month to shoot the breeze.

ビルとジョンはおしゃべりするために月に1回会うのが好きだ。

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I bet Dave paid a pretty penny for his new car.

デイブが彼の新車に大金を払ったほうに僕は賭けるよ。

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My grandmother went peacefully in the night.

祖母はその晩静かに息を引き取った。

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Of course you can trust me. Have I ever given you a bum steer before?

むろん信用していいとも。君にヨタ情報を教えたことが一度でもあったかい。

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He makes mountains out of molehills.

彼はなんでもぎょうぎょうしく考える人だ。

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Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

このあたりは電話ボックスがとても少ない。

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Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.

遠回しに言うのは止めて要点を言ってくれ。

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You shouldn't do things by halves.

君は物事を中途半端にしてはいけないよ。

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He disappeared without a trace.

彼は跡形もなく姿を消してしまったんだ。

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He was always pulling my leg when we worked together.

彼は私がいっしょに仕事をしていたときいつも私をからかってばかりいた。

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I don't think I'm cut out for city life.

僕は都会の生活向きに出来ていないと思う。

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I'll bet my bottom dollar he'll succeed.

まちがいない、彼はきっと成功する。

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It was as clear as day that Shinji would die from hunger.

新二が餓死してしまうのは火を見るより明らかでした。

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I don't quite follow you.

あなたのおっしゃることが、どうもよく分かりません。

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I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

たぶんそんなところじゃないかと思ったよ。

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Jane was on top of the world when she got a record contract.

ジェーンはレコード歌手契約を結んだ時は有頂天になってた。

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I can't for the life of me remember her address.

どうしても彼女の住所が思い出せない。

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You'd better put aside some money for a rainy day.

もしものときのために、お金は多少蓄えておいたほうがいいよ。

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The name Edwin doesn't ring a bell.

エドウィンと言う名前を聞いてもピンとこない。

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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

すねにきずもつ者は他人の批評などしないほうがよい。

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