Okay, this one is a expression you will never find in any Japanese language text book. I am 100% sure of it. I was lucky enough to have a colleague who loved teaching me what he used to call "stylish Japanese". This is one of the many expressions he taught me.
「お前の目が節穴か」. Literally: "are your eyes knotholes?". Doesn't make much sense, right? 「節穴」 (ふしあな) means "knothole". The meaning of this expression is something like "you must be blind". I have to admit I don't know the origin of this expression, but if you don't know what a "knothole" is, just do a Google Image search for "節穴", it's not so easy to explain.
Another use is of course: 「私の目は節穴じゃないよ」, meaning "I am not blind, you know".
I love expressions like these. Use this in a conversation with any Japanese person and I can assure you they will be impressed. - - -
「お前の目が節穴か」. Literally: "are your eyes knotholes?". Doesn't make much sense, right? 「節穴」 (ふしあな) means "knothole". The meaning of this expression is something like "you must be blind". I have to admit I don't know the origin of this expression, but if you don't know what a "knothole" is, just do a Google Image search for "節穴", it's not so easy to explain.
Another use is of course: 「私の目は節穴じゃないよ」, meaning "I am not blind, you know".
I love expressions like these. Use this in a conversation with any Japanese person and I can assure you they will be impressed. - - -
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Just find it in my kanji textbook but couldn't find the right explaination. Thank you
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