- 大山
- たいざん【大山】¶ → 大山鳴動してねずみ一匹* * *Iおおやま【大山】〔賭(か)け・投機などの〕 a big gamble [plunge].
●大山を当てる hit [strike] it big
・大山をかける plunge a lot of money on 《sth》
II・大山を外す lose [crap out] big.
たいざん【大山】a great [big, high] mountain.●大山鳴動してねずみ一匹. Much ado about nothing. | A tempest in a teacup.
・あれだけ騒いでおいてこの程度の改革とは, まさに大山鳴動してねずみ一匹という感じだ. After all that hubbub, these meager reforms! Truly, the rumblings of a great mountain have issued in the squeak of a mouse.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.