Hiroshima University's English Podcast

Download MP3 日本語と同様、英語にも変わったイディオムがあります。こうしたイディオムは会話の中で少し使ってみるだけでも表現の幅が広がります。今週と来週は、そんな英語の面白いイディオムを紹介していきます。 （初級〜中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） ＊番組冒頭に登場したイディオム The ball is in your court. Actions speak louder than words. (to) beat around the bush bugs 虫 What made you ask that? なんでそんなこと聞くの？（驚き） (to) have butterflies in one's stomach 緊張している（be nervous） a saying 言い回し、ことわざ funny 具合が悪い、変な（strange） (to) be trapped 捉えられる weird 気味が悪い *** Script *** Strange Idioms (1) M: Charlotte, do you eat bugs in England? W: No way! What made you ask that? M: Well, I heard Betty saying she ate butterflies the other day. W: She said she ate them? That's weird! … Oh, I think I know! Did she say, by chance, that she had butterflies in her stomach? M: Yeah, I think that was it! W: Ha ha! Well, that doesn't mean she actually has butterflies in her stomach! It's an idiom. It's pretty common. It just means that she's nervous. M: Oh, that makes more sense! So, it didn't actually have anything to do with b