英和和英

読み方 てあし

名詞

1

Hands and feet; hand and foot; the limbs; the extremities

用例

• 彼は手足が利かない
  He has lost the use of his limbs.

• 人の手足を縛る
  to bind one hand and foot
• 手足を八つ裂きにする
  to tear a body limb from limb
• 僕には手足が出ない
  I can't manage it anyhow
  I am helpless.
• 相手が天下の富豪だから手足が出ない
  We are helpless against a millionaire.
• そんな値段では手足が出ない
  We are powerless to bid at such a price
  The price is paralyzing.

2

（＝手足のように働く人） one's creature

用例

• 彼らは彼の手足だ
  They are his creatures.

• 彼らは彼の手足のように働く
  They are at his beck and call.
• 彼は部下を手足のように操縦する
  He has his men at his beck and call.
• 軍隊は大将の手足のように進退する
  The troops move as if they were a part of himself.