瓢箪から駒

ひょうたんからこま

something very unexpected, something said as a joke actually happening, a horse comes from a gourd

瓢箪

ひょうたん ヒョウタン

gourd, calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)

瓢箪鯰

ひょうたんなまず

(person) slippery as an eel

青瓢箪

あおびょうたん

green calabash, unripe gourd

千成瓢箪

せんなりびょうたん

bottle gourd

箪食瓢飲

たんしひょういん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

一箪の食一瓢の飲

いったんのしいっぴょうのいん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

鬼が出るか蛇が出るか

おにがでるかじゃがでるか

You never know what might happen

鬼が出るか仏が出るか

おにがでるかほとけがでるか

God only knows what may happen

箪笥

たんす タンス

chest of drawers, bureau, cabinet, tansu, dresser

箪食

たんし

bamboo dish of rice

一箪

bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

目から火が出る

めからひがでる

to "see stars" (i.e. after being hit in the head)

咽から手が出る

のどからてがでる

to want something desperately, to want something (so badly one can taste it)

喉から手が出る

のどからてがでる

(wanting something so bad that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat

顔から火が出る

かおからひがでる

to be extremely embarrassed, to burn with shame

駒

こま

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.)

乾瓢

かんぴょう

strips of dried gourd

一瓢

いっぴょう

one gourd