Japanese DictionaryWords related to えら
- (adj-i) great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
私はあの人が将来偉くなると見取った。
I discerned the potential of great things in him. - awful; terrible
- (n) celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
偉い人は身なりを気にしない。
A great man doesn't care about his appearance.
- (exp) what's done is done (lit: spilt water won't go back into its tray); that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk
諺に、覆水盆に返らずと言う。
The proverb says that what is done cannot be undone.
- (exp) fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk
Sentences containing えら
His wife caught him out with that blonde and then he was really up shit creek without a paddle.
I had hoped to get another 50,000 miles out of my car, but it gave up the ghost on the expressway and it would cost too much to fix it.