With a little more wisdom, he would not have got in trouble.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

If he had been a little more careful, he would have succeeded.

It'll take a lot to make him change his mind.

If he finds out, certainly he will be very angry.

A little responsibility should steady him.

To behave like that, he must be out of his mind.

It would have gone ill with him if he hadn't ducked.

If he had listened to reason at first, he might have been spared this humiliation.

Seeing that he is angry, there must be some misunderstanding.

He'd better watch out, or Mulligan is going to wipe the floor with him.

It's best to err on the side of prudence.

No words availed to ease his unhappiness.

He tends to be careless.

He must be crazy to do such a thing.

It was particularly unfortunate that on this occasion of all others he should have to depend on an inexperienced man.

I've committed myself to it and I can't draw back now.

He really must have been taken aback when you took such a humble [placatory] attitude to him.

If he had a son, he would not see such hardships in his old age.

Let me remind you that I do not owe a (single) penny to anybody.

It follows from this that he must be innocent.

I didn't realize the situation was that [quite so] bad.

Woe betide him!

Once he had made that devastating remark, the matter was completely past mending, past recall.

Another mistake, and he will be fired.

If he makes one more mistake, he'll be fired.

The merest little thing drives him mad.

If you spend just a few minutes with him, you'll see he's a real rambler.

He doesn't behave himself once he's drunk.

We took action immediately so that things wouldn't get worse.

I was keeping my wits about me so as not to come out with an imprudent remark [let a tactless remark slip] in an unguarded moment.

Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.