Aug 20 • Idiom🪄
🕳 Japanese Idiom: 穴があったら入りたい（あながあったらはいりたい）
📚穴があったら入りたい
Ana ga attara hairitai
🧠 Meaning
Used when you feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed—so much so that you want to hide in a hole.
🇬🇧 English Equivalent
“I wish the ground would swallow me up.”
“I want to crawl into a hole and disappear.”
📝 Example Sentences
クラスで名前を間違えて呼ばれて、穴があったら入りたい気分だった。
Kurasu de namae o machigaete yobarete, ana ga attara hairitai kibun datta.
They got my name wrong in front of the class. I wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear.
好きな人の前で転んで、穴があったら入りたかった。
Suki na hito no mae de koronde, ana ga attara hairitakatta.
I tripped in front of my crush and wished the ground would swallow me up.
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🕳 Japanese Idiom: 穴があったら入りたい（あながあったらはいりたい）
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