Post by smith on Nov 28, 2014 10:59:59 GMT 9
酒は百薬の長
I use this one with my wife whenever she complains about me drinking. The saying means, ostensibly, that drinking small amounts of alcohol on a regular basis has more benefits to your health than simply waiting until you get sick and taking medicine. I think it also implies that there are some things that alcohol can 'treat' which medicine cannot, like nervousness and boredom.
I sometimes wonder if this is actually a round-about way of saying "All things in moderation."
天狗になる
It means to become conceited or proud, but specifically proud about something that isn't really all that impressive.
I've always wondered about the the grammatical usage of this particular phrase. Could you say something like 天狗になりそうな人 or 天狗になるなよ ? I like this expression, and the creature it refers to (which one drunk salaryman in a shot-bar once told me represents foreigners, as all foreigners are conceited and have big noses) but I don't actually see it used much and I've never heard anyone actually use it a conversation.
I use this one with my wife whenever she complains about me drinking. The saying means, ostensibly, that drinking small amounts of alcohol on a regular basis has more benefits to your health than simply waiting until you get sick and taking medicine. I think it also implies that there are some things that alcohol can 'treat' which medicine cannot, like nervousness and boredom.
I sometimes wonder if this is actually a round-about way of saying "All things in moderation."
天狗になる
It means to become conceited or proud, but specifically proud about something that isn't really all that impressive.
I've always wondered about the the grammatical usage of this particular phrase. Could you say something like 天狗になりそうな人 or 天狗になるなよ ? I like this expression, and the creature it refers to (which one drunk salaryman in a shot-bar once told me represents foreigners, as all foreigners are conceited and have big noses) but I don't actually see it used much and I've never heard anyone actually use it a conversation.
