Japanese Idiom 穴があったら入りたい to be so ashamed, one wishes to crawl in a hole
Japanese Idiom with Video:
穴があったら入りたい – to be so ashamed, one wishes to crawl in a hole
穴があったら入りたい
- to be so ashamed, one wishes to crawl in a hole
- This idiom is used whenever someone is extremely embarrassed.
- Literally, “If there were a hole, I’d like to enter.” Also see 顔から火が出る — burn with shame; be embarrassed.
- ズボンのおしりが破けていたなんて知らなかった。穴があったら入りたい。
- I didn’t know my pants had a hole in the back; I feel so ashamed.
Vocabulary
- ズボン — pants
- の — (possessive marker)
- おしり — butt; backend
- が — (subject marker)
- やぶけていた — was torn [from 破ける to get torn; to wear out]
- なんて — such a thing as [used to emphasize the speaker didn’t know; like an exclamation]
- 知らなかった — didn’t know
- 穴 — hole
- が — (subject marker)
- あったら — if there was…
- 入りたい — (I) want to enter
