Ichiki's clinic, at the moment where he had taken the medicine. Ichiki has actually done a time leaping experiment using that medicine without Haruto's knowledge. Ichiki, Haruto time-leaps five times, finding out about the hospital's secrets and his own backstory as he progresses. He meets Keitaro Ishiuchi, the security manager (the person who knocked him and Riku unconscious before) and the director of the Nishikata hospital, Ayato Kikusui. What does it mean to “have tomatoes on your eyes?” Find out below… Why add fuel to the fire? Idioms are those phrases that mean more than the sum of their words. As our TED Translator volunteers translate TED Talks into 116 languages (and counting), they’re often challenged to translate English idioms into their language.
Literal translation: “You have tomatoes on your eyes.” Which made us wonder: what are their favorite idioms in their own tongue?īelow, we asked translators to share their favorite idioms and how they would translate literally. Literal translation: “To buy a cat in a sack.” What it means: “I don’t understand a thing about what that person is saying.’” Literal translation: “I only understand the train station.” It refers to real objects, though - not abstract meanings.” What it means: “You are not seeing what everyone else can see. What it means: That a buyer purchased something without inspecting it first. Other languages this idiom exists in: We hear from translators that this is an idiom in Swedish, Polish, Latvian and Norwegian. Literal translation: “There’s no cow on the ice.” In English, the phrase is “buying a pig in poke,” but English speakers do also “let the cat out of the bag,” which means to reveal something that’s supposed to be secret. Literal translation: “It fell between chairs.” What it means: “It refers to somebody who didn’t have to work to get where they are.” Literal translation: “To slide in on a shrimp sandwich.” We also use ‘Det är ingen fara på taket,’ or ‘There’s no danger on the roof,’ to mean the same thing.” What it means: “There’s no need to worry. What it means: “It means two people know each other’s secrets.” Literal translation: “The hen sees the snake’s feet and the snake sees the hen’s boobs.” What it means: “It means ‘don’t pay any attention.’ Almost like ‘don’t bring your eyes and ears with you.’ If that were possible.” Literal translation: “Take ears to the field, take eyes to the farm.” It has evolved into the slightly ironic phrase, ‘It fell between the chair,’ which you use when you want to say,‘Yeah, I know I was supposed to do it but I forgot.’” From Thai translator Kelwalin Dhanasarnsombut : What it means: “It’s an excuse you use when two people were supposed to do it, but nobody did.
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