► 成句
奇 [き] [奇を衒う] meaning: show off rank: 3
☆ 彼は奇を衒った所が全く無い ⇨ He never does any theatrics to get attention. He has zero pretension, affectation (☛ Do something unusual to show off one’s abilities, or attract attention)
More examples:
- 子供の好奇心を掻き立てる本 ⇨ A book that stirs children’s curiosity
- あの人は稀に見る奇特な人だ ⇨ He is a noble person you rarely see
- 彼は不治の病から奇跡的な生還を果たした ⇨ He miraculously came back from an incurable disease
- 彼の人生は数奇な運命を辿った ⇨ His life followed a strange, unimaginable, destiny
- 人は彼の障害を好奇の目で見るだけだった ⇨ People only rubbernecked at his disability
- 彼等は奇策で相手に一泡吹かせた ⇨ They used a trick play and stunned the opponent
- 好奇心旺盛な子供 ⇨ A child full of curiosity
- 猟奇殺人事件 ⇨ An abnormal murder case
- 彼等は奇跡的に勝った ⇨ They won miraculously
- 我々は敵の裏をかいて奇襲をかけた ⇨ We outsmarted our enemy and ambushed them
- 彼等は敵の奇襲で大損害を受けた ⇨ They suffered a heavy loss by the surprise attack of the enemy
- 彼女は事故で奇跡的に無傷だった ⇨ She was miraculously unharmed in the accident
- 彼等は敵の奇襲に泡を食った (あわをくう) ⇨ They ate bubbles, got caught completely off guard, by the enemy’s ambush
- 奇才画家サルバドール・ダリ ⇨ A mercurial genius painter Salvador Dali
- 奇跡は起こらなかった ⇨ A miracle didn’t happen