今日のidiom “visible to the naked eye” Perceivable without glasses, binoculars, microscope, or telescope. Obvious, clear-cut. e.g. The comet will be visible to the naked eye. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “tide over” To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad time or in trouble. e.g. An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “easy does it” Let's do it carefully, without sudden movements and without forcing too hard or too fast; let's try just hard enough but not too hard. e.g. "Can I put it down now?" "Yes, but it’s fragile so easy does it." #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “up for grabs” Available for anyone to try to get; ready to be competed for; there for the taking. e.g. Ten free concert tickets are up for grabs. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “stay afloat” To survive financially; to make ends meet. e.g. I lost my job unexpectedly. I have to find some ways to stay afloat, until I can find another one. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “down the road” At a later date; some day. e.g. Lots of things will have changed a few years down the road. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “have qualms about” To feel uneasy about; hesitate about something. e.g.I know it's wrong to feel this way, but I don't have any qualms about telling my boss I'm sick if it means I can have a long weekend. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “through the mills” Experienced. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. e.g.Some people derive a strange,  cruel pleasure from watching others  going through the mill. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “nothing if not” Without doubt; certainly. e.g. Those teenagers are nothing if not noisy. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “nuts and bolts of” The basic facts or important details of something. e.g. She did pioneering work in figuring out the nuts and bolts of sustainability. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “little pitchers have big ears” Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice. e.g. Please watch what you say around the kids—little pitchers have big ears, you know. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “tickle one's funny bone” To amuse one; make one laugh. e.g. There's a silly statue on campus that never fails to tickle my funny bone when I walk past it. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “from the sublime to the ridiculous” Covering an entire range of things or ideas from the extremely lofty and elevated to the negligible and trivial. e.g. The dresses in the fashion show　ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “let the chips fall where they may” To pay no attention to the displeasure caused other by your actions. e.g. . I'm going to tell Mrs.Lee the truth about her husband, let the chips fall where they may. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “by the skin of one's teeth” By a narrow margin; with no room to spear; barely. e.g. Kate passed the test by the skin of her teeth. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “to no avail” Having no effect; useless, unsuccessful. e.g. The students asked the school to help them raise the money, but to no avail #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “sword of Damocles” A constant threat or imminent danger. e.g. As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “take a dim view of” To have doubts about; feel unsure or anxious about. To be aganst; disapprove. To regard something with displeasure; to flown upon something; to dislike something. e.g. Some people took a dim view of Trump shooting. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “from time to time” Not often; not regularly; sometimes; occasionally; at one time and then again at another time. e.g. From time to time I still think of my school mates. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “water under the bridge” Something that happened in the past and cannot be changed. e.g. Jake was relieved his time in jail was over and regarded it as water under the bridge. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “tooth and nail” Very forcefully; vehemently; at almost any cost. e.g. We had to fight tooth and nail to get the company to admit they were wrong. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “through thick and thin” Through all difficulties and troubles; through good times and bad times. e.g. Kate stayed in college through thick and thin, because she wanted an education. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “think little of” Think that (something or someone) is not important or valuable. e.g. She thought little of walking two kilos to school. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “think better of” To chane your mind about; to concider again and make a better decision about. e.g. Anne told me she wanted to leave school, but later she thought better of it. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “for the life of one” No matter how hard you try. e.g. I can't for the life of me remember the names of young singers. #朝一に開いたページのidiom

今日のidiom “off the cuff” Without prepareing ahead of time what you will say; without preparation. e.g. Some politicians like to speak off the cuff to newspaper reporters but others prefer to think questions over and write their answers. #朝一に開いたページのidiom