flat as a pancake
US /flæt æz ə ˈpænkek/
・UK /flæt æz ə ˈpænkeik/
B1 中級
idm.非常に平らな
The land here is flat as a pancake with no hills in sight.
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ASとASを使った英語の描写と比較 (Describing and Comparing Things Using AS and AS in English)
- So in English, we sometimes use the word as, and we put an adjective or adverb, and then we put another as, and we say things like "as flat as a pancake."
だから、英語ではasという言葉を使うことがある。形容詞や副詞を入れ、さらにasを入れる、 パンケーキのように平らだ。
- and we say things like as flat as a pancake.
パンケーキのように平らだ。
オランダがヨーロッパで最もOPな国である理由 (Why the Netherlands is Europe’s Most OP Country)
- Since the Netherlands is a small but densely populated country that's about as flat as a pancake, the Dutch have never really had many natural geographic features to protect themselves against outside invaders coming from France or Germany.
オランダは小さく人口密度が高い国で、パンケーキのように平坦なため、フランスやドイツから侵入してくる外部からの侵略者に対して、オランダ人は自然の地理的特徴に頼ることがほとんどできませんでした。
- Since the Netherlands is a small but densely populated country that's about as flat as a pancake, the Dutch have never really had many natural geographic features to protect themselves against outside invaders coming from France or Germany.
そして、浸水しやすいという地理的な弱点を、巧みに地理的な強みに変えることができたのです。
