意味: be folded

v. 折れる

olde イディオム

a golden opportunity

a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

each person has a different idea of what is beautiful, one man's garbage... "To him, the statue is elegant; to me, it's ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!"

golden age

best years, time of most prosperity He said the decade after World War II was Canada's golden age.

golden opportunity

(See a golden opportunity)

golden rule

(See The Golden Rule)

golden years

65 years of age or older, sunset years Dad is retired now, enjoying his golden years.

kill the goose that layed the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy He was always complaining about his job but now it is gone. He has killed the goose that layed the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden egg

spoil something that is good or something that one has by being greedy They sold part of their business but it was the most profitable part. I think that they have killed the goose that lays the golden egg.

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

lose or destroy the source of wealth If we pollute the environment, we kill the goose - we lose it all.

silence is golden

silence is wonderful, silence is peaceful After a day of teaching grade two students, silence is golden.

The Golden Rule

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If everyone lived by The Golden Rule, you may not like the way you are treated.

able to blindfolded

Idiom(s): able to do something blindfolded AND able to do something standing on one's head

Theme: SKILL

able to do something easily and quickly, possibly without even looking. (Informal. Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Bill boasted that he could pass his driver's test blindfolded.
• Mary is very good with computers. She can program blindfolded.
• Dr. Jones is a great surgeon. He can take out an appendix standing on his head.

A broken friendship may be soldered but will never

Friendships can be rebuilt after a dispute but will never be as strong as before.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Different people have different tastes.

Kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

Destroy something that would be a source of wealth or success.

Colder than a witches tit

If it is colder than a witches tit, it is extremely cold outside.

Golden handshake

A golden handshake is a payment made to someone to get them to leave their job.

Golden touch

Someone with a golden touch can make money from or be successful at anything they do.

Oldest trick in the book

The oldest trick in the book is a well-known way of deceiving someone, though still effective.

Kill not the goose that lays golden eggs.

Be satisfied with whatever you get little at a time, and do not lose it for the greed to get it all at once.

kill the goose that laid the golden egg|egg|golden

To spoil something that is good or something that you have, by being greedy.

A proverb. Mrs. Jones gives you an apple from her tree whenever you go by her house, but don't kill the goose that laid the golden egg by bothering her too much.

blindfolded

blindfolded
see do blindfolded.

do blindfolded

do blindfolded
Also, do standing on one's head. Perform very easily, as in Dave said he could do the income tax return blindfolded, or An excellent carpenter, he could do just about anything standing on his head. For a synonymous hyperbolic expression, see with one arm tied behind one's back.

gold, golden

gold, golden
In addition to the idioms beginning with gold or golden, also see all that glitters is not gold; good as gold, as; heart of gold; silence is golden; worth one's weight in gold.

golden handcuffs

golden handcuffs
Financial benefits that an employee will lose upon resigning, as in The company's presented all the middle managers with golden handcuffs, so they can't afford to leave. This slangy business expression dates from the 1970s.