- 知れた
- しれた【知れた】1 〔わかりきった〕 plain; (self-)evident; obvious.
●知れたこと a matter of course.
●知れたことさ. Of course. | That goes without saying.
・知れたことよ, 貴様の命をもらいに来たんだ. You know very well why I'm here; I've come for your life, man.
2 〔高の知れた〕 trifling; negligible; (very) small.●月々の収入と言っても知れたものです. My monthly income is but a trifle.
・彼の将来も知れたものだ. We cannot expect much from his future.
・彼の財産といっても知れたものだ. He has no property to speak of [worth mentioning].
・学者と言っても知れたものさ. He is not much of a scholar.
・蔵書と言っても知れたものだがどれでも自由に使いなさい. You are welcome to use my library, though it is a very small one.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.