(n) neutral attitude
(exp) (uk) "It's not much, but..." (phrase often used when giving gifts)
(n) a great warrior
(exp) there being no backing out
gone too far to retreat
(exp) (doing something) regardless of expense
(exp) to be related
(exp) to feel bewildered (being unable to grasp the situation)
to be befuddled
to be confused
to be at a loss about what to do
(n) four-leaf clover
(exp) cannot be undone
can't be recovered from
(exp,adj-i) cannot be undone
can't be recovered from
(exp) (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
(exp) (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
(exp) the dead of night
(exp) to go into the minutest details
(n) (comp) glare filter
(n) Catcher in the Rye (novel by J. D. Salinger)
(exp) (comp) to be right associative
(exp) easier said than done
lit: if it's just talking you can even build Osaka Castle
(exp) (obs) to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
(exp) (id) Nature itself is a good mother
(exp) (to get something done) even if through hell and high water
(exp) (id) Harsh words make the going rough
(exp) let sleeping dogs lie
(exp) to stir up trouble for oneself (lit: to scare out a snake by poking at the brush)
(exp) (id) Poverty is a stranger to industry
(exp,adj-na) sour (expression, as if having consumed a bitter bug)
(exp) to be in great spirits
to be full of vigour (vigor)
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) Man proposes, God disposes (proverb) (lit: Man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven or fate)
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
