てっぽうだま

[鉄砲玉] ¶→鉄砲玉のように

鉄砲弾
鉄砲玉
gunshot
bullet
lost (truant) messenger
bulls-eye

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てっぽうだま【鉄砲玉】

¶ → 鉄砲玉のように

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てっぽうだま【鉄砲玉】

1 〔弾丸〕 (a) shot; a bullet.

●鉄砲玉が飛んでくるぞ. They're shooting at us!

●鉄砲玉に当たる be shot; be hit by a bullet

・鉄砲玉に当たって死ぬ be shot dead; be hit by a bullet and killed.

●鉄砲玉のような速さで as fast as a bullet

・あいつはボスに命じられればどこにでも鉄砲玉のように飛んでいく. When the boss gives him an order he's off like a shot anywhere.

2 〔行ったまま帰らないこと〕

●うちの亭主は出たら鉄砲玉だ. Once my husband goes out, he stays out.

3 〔飴玉の一種〕 a bull's-eye.