プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
えどっこ【江戸っ子】
a person born and brought up in Tokyo
彼は江戸っ子気質丸出しだ
It's easy to see that he's a 「true-blue downtown [real] Tokyoite./It's written all over him that he's a traditional Tokyoite.
a person born and brought up in Tokyo
彼は江戸っ子気質丸出しだ
It's easy to see that he's a 「true-blue downtown [real] Tokyoite./It's written all over him that he's a traditional Tokyoite.
《料理されるためにまないたにのせられた魚の意から》相手のなすに任せるより方法のない運命のたとえ。まないたの鯉こい。[類語]俎板まないたの鯉こい・薬缶やかんで茹ゆでた蛸たこのよう・手も足も出ない...