意味: a friend in need is a friend indeed

まさかの友が真の友

inde イディオム

absent-minded

forgetful Our neighbor is very absent-minded and is always getting locked out of his house.

winded

(See out of breath)

blinder

an excellent achievement: "Tim's played another blinder"

independent of

not relying on others独立于
He wants to be independent of his parents．他想离开父母独立。

firing on all cylinders

Idiom(s): firing on all cylinders AND hitting on all cylinders

Theme: SPEED

working at full strength; making every possible effort. (From an internal combustion engine.)
• The team is firing on all cylinders under the new coach.
• The factory is hitting on all cylinders to finish the orders on time.

Finders keepers, losers weepers

Idiom(s): Finders keepers(, losers weepers)

Theme: FINDING

A phrase said when something is found. (The person who finds something gets to keep it. The person who loses it can only weep. Fixed order.)
• John lost a quarter in the dining room yesterday. Ann found the quarter there today. Ann claimed that since she found it, it was hers. She said, "Finders keepers, losers weepers."
• John said, "I'll say finders keepers when I find something of yours!"

burned to a cinder

Idiom(s): burned to a cinder

Theme: HARM

burned very badly. (Not necessarily literal.)
• I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder.
• This toast is burnt to a cinder.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Idiom(s): A friend in need is a friend indeed

Theme: FRIENDS

A proverb meaning that a true friend is a person who will help you when you really need someone.
• When Bill helped me with geometry, I really learned the meaning of "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
• "A friend in need is a friend indeed" sounds silly until you need someone very badly.

hitting on all cylinders

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Someone who helps you when you are in trouble.

Fire on all cylinders

If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could.

Speak to the organ grinder not the monkey

Talk to the boss not the subordinate

a friend in need is a friend indeed|friend|need

A genuine friend on whom one can always depend.

A proverb; often shortened to "a friend in need..." When John's house burned down, his neighbor Jim helped him and his family with shelter, food and clothing. John said, "Jim, a friend in need is a friend indeed this describes you."

finders keepers|finder|finders|finders keepers, lo

informal Those who find lost things can keep them.

Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. I don't have to give it back; it's finders keepers. Finders keepers, losers weepers! It's my knife now!

hit on all cylinders|cylinders|hit|hit on

v. phr. 1. To run smoothly or at full power without any missing or skipping.

Said of a motor. The mechanic tuned the car engine until it was hitting on all cylinders. 2. informal To think or work well; to use all your ability. The football team was hitting on all cylinders and scored a big victory. Bob began to write his examination, and found himself hitting on all cylinders.

long-winded|long|wind|winded

adj. Tedious; overlong; given to too much talking. Everyone was bored by the old man's long-winded stories.

narrow-minded|mind|minded|narrow

adj. phr. Limited in outlook; resistant to new ideas; bigoted. He is generally very open about everything, but when it comes to politics, he is terribly narrow-minded.

open-minded|mind|minded|open

adj. Having no dogmatic or biased views on matters of theory, religion, politics, etc. Fred is easy to talk to about anything; he is a highly intelligent and open-minded person.

wear blinders|blinders|blinkers|wear|wear blinkers

v. phr. To refuse or be unable to consider alternative ways of thinking or acting. Anybody who disputes the importance of learning languages is wearing blinders.

all cylinders

all cylinders
see fire on all cylinders.

burn to a cinder

burn to a cinder
Also, burn to a crisp. Destroy by fire; overcook. For example, If I stay in the sun too long, I'll be burnt to a cinder, or He's an awful cook—dinner was burnt to a crisp. Although both expressions can be used literally, they also function as hyperbole, as in the examples.

cinder

cinder
see burn to a cinder.

cylinder

cylinder
see fire on all cylinders.

finders, keepers

finders, keepers
A phrase meaning that whoever finds something is entitled to keep it. For example, Someone left a dollar bill in this rented car—finders, keepers. This expression alludes to an ancient Roman law to that effect and has been stated in numerous different ways over the centuries. The modern version, often stated as Finders keepers, losers weepers, dates from the mid-1800s and is no longer a legal precept.

hit on all cylinders

hit on all cylinders
see fire on all cylinders.

independent

independent
independent of
apart from; regardless of

unkindest cut

unkindest cut
The worst insult, ultimate treachery, as in And then, the unkindest cut of all—my partner walks out on me just when the deal is about to go through. This expression was invented by Shakespeare in describing Julius Caesar's stabbing to death by his friends in Julius Caesar (3:2): “This was the most unkindest cut of all.”