Jan 29, 2005

Kotowaza of the day: Osmosis and affect


Japanese:
青菜に塩

Romanized:
Aona ni shio

Meaning of Japanese:
Like greens succumbed to salt

English equivalents:
To have a face as long as a fiddle
To seem lifeless and depressed
Have the wind taken out of one's sails

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