Tanoshii Japanese

まさに蛙の面に水とはこのことだろう。

That's a clear case of "water off a duck's back".

世間知らずにもほどがある。井の中の蛙大海を知らず、ということかね。

I can't believe you're so clueless. You're like a babe in the woods.

蛇が蛙を飲み込んだ。

The snake swallowed a frog.

私が箱を開けるとすぐに蛙が跳びだした。

No sooner had I opened the box than a frog jumped out.

蛙の面に水。

Like water off a duck's back.

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。

He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill.

井の中の蛙、大海を知らず。

A frog in a well doesn't know the ocean.

この池には以前蛙がたくさんいたものだった。

There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.

この草地には蛙がうようよいる。

This meadow abounds in frogs.

蛙の子は蛙。

Like father, like son.

井の中の蛙。

Person ignorant of the real world.

井の中の蛙。

The frog in the well.

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