Just as a thorn stuck in one's throat.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

wring a person's neck

I was robbed of my rightful share.

Every Jack has his Jill, as the (popular) saying goes.

as if he had killed a giant

the action of a raccoon dog drumming on its belly as if it were a drum

The place was like an overturned anthill.

He talks as if he had killed a giant.

The crab makes a hole suited to its shell―（意訳すれば）―“Cut your coat according to your cloth.”

He stood paralysed on the spot.

Men are attracted by hope of gain as ants are by sweets.

You'd think Old Nick was after him.

He is as slippery as an eel.

to have a line or mark resembling the impression created when a string has been tied tightly around something

He is, as it were, an ant entrapped in a doodlebug's pit.

curved down like an eagle's beak

Let the cough drop melt in your mouth.

Hanako leaned back into the chair and titled her head to the side.

It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

They look just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

They're just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Just like rats leaving a sinking ship.

whip a top

confine in or as if in a coop

snip at a hedge

a peeled willow wand

a clean cut [wound]

fork in [up] hay

Everybody was so up in arms but it seems they got all panicky about nothing.

Don't make such a sour face.

with a napkin tucked under one's chin