疑わしい

Idiom:

• Something smells fishy.

Meaning:

• Suspect
• Suspicious
• Dubious

Example 1:

Yuri: "The boss transferred company money to his private bank account."

 Saori: "That smells fishy to me."

Example 2:

Yuri: "Mr Okawa spends a lot of money in Macau and Singapore.

Kaori: "Really? Something smells fishy."

食べ残し

食べ残し　＝　leftovers

Examples:

1. I'll finish the leftovers for my lunch tomorrow.
2. There are some leftovers in the fridge that need finishing.
3. Don't throw away the leftovers. Waste not want not.

Scraps =

• small leftovers
• small inedible pieces of food
• small unwanted pieces of food

Example:

• I'll give the scraps to the dogs.

Doggy bag =

• A container for leftovers from a restaurant meal

Example: At a restaurant:

• Please put the leftovers in a doggy bag; we want to take them home.

瓢箪から駒

Idiom:

• Out of the blue

Meaning:

• Unexpectedly

Examples:

1. My cat disappeared three years ago and yesterday he returned out of the blue.
2. I got a letter out of the blue inviting me to a school reunion.
3. Out of the blue, the police stopped me and searched my pockets.

病気

Nouns:

• Sickness
• Illness
• Disease
• Infection
• Virus
• Bug

Adjectives:

• Sick
• Ill

Verbs:

• Have got
• Catch
• Suffer from
• Come down with
• Contract

Common examples:

1. I've been ill today with a virus; I think I've got flu.
2. He's come down with a chest infection; I hope he hasn't contracted bronchitis.
3. She's caught a stomach bug; she's really sick.

Slang expressions:

• I've got the lurgy.
• I'm Tom & Dick.
• I'm feeling under the weather.

早起きは三文の徳

Proverb:

• The early bird catches the worm

Meaning:

• If you get up early, you will be successful
• If you get up early, you will prosper

チョークとチーズ

Idiom:

• They are (like) chalk and cheese

Meaning:

• Very different to each other
• Dissimilar
• No resemblance

Examples:

1. Despite being brothers, they're like chalk and cheese.
2. Ten years ago, Sony and Samsung were like chalk and cheese but these days they're quite similar.
3. Ozzie beef and Kobe beef are like chalk and cheese!

朝の人

Expression:

• Morning person

Meaning:

• A person who can wake up early
• A person who prefers the morning
• A person who is more active in the morning

Example:

Yuko gets up at 5:30am and goes jogging. Then she cooks breakfast and a lunchbox for her husband and does the laundry before going to work; she is truly a morning person!

I feel like a zombie in the morning and hate getting out of bed. I need three cups of coffee before I can do anything; I'm definitely not a morning person.