Idioms

Groups of words whose meaning as a whole may not be deducible by the individual words.

Idioms involving 気

• 気が…

  • Becoming lightheaded with 気が遠くなる

  • Feeling better with 気が晴れる

  • Feeling better with 気が済む

  • Finding courage with 気が大きくなる

  • Getting along with 気が合う

  • Getting distracted with 気が散る

  • Having an interest in something with 気がある

• 気に…

  • Dissatisfaction with 気に食わない

Idioms involving 目

• Averting one’s attention with 目を離す

• Sneaking something with 目を盗む

• Wide awake with 目が冴える

Unsorted idioms

• All that effort for nothing with 水の泡になる

• Feeling greatly embarrassed with 穴があったら入りたい

• Going out of your way to do something with 足を運ぶ

• More than one can handle with 荷が重い

• Neglecting one’s work with 油を売る

• Taking a hardhearted stance with 心を鬼にする

• Taking someone lightly with 甘く見る