关于Moth的意思和用法的提问

A: That’s a pretty good attempt! 👍🏻

A couple tips:
・いくら is used for uncountable things. The word for "some" when it's countable is いくつ。
・More importantly, while modifying “moths” with the word “some” is the most natural thing to do in English, doing the exact same thing in Japanese isn’t really all that natural. They are more likely to say something like 布に穴を齧り開ける蛾もいる。
・I sort of hinted at this above, but "to make a hole" is commonly expressed with the verb 開ける。

I don’t think any textbook out there will explain any of this, because it’s not basic enough that anyone needs it to survive. It’s stuff you’ll find from experience/exposure.

@tpu305637ln 「動詞 a hole in 名詞」→名詞に穴を〜し開ける

burn a hole in a pan → フライパンに穴を焦がし開ける
punch a hole in the wall→壁に穴を殴り開ける・打ちあける

A: It’s an expression that means something is attracted to another, here’s how to use it:

A: based on this limited context I would assume no symbolic or figurative meanings making it be literal.

the mouth of a man said = a man said.

the mouth of a man just adds variety to the sentence and sometimes depending on how it's put can be used to show that this person was surprised and heard this man say something without seeing him.

A: Mariposa

A: it is quite poetic actually, it means that the person he/she fell in love with was deceitful and that they (the speaker) didn't know they'd be hurt in the end.

The speaker is comparing the situation to a moth and how easily it is attracted to something (in this case the light) so maybe the speaker is a hopeless lover. Who knows?

I hope this makes sense

A: Moth sounds like "Mot" and mouth sounds like "ma out"

A: Moth - polilla
Butterfly - mariposa

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A: Open your mouth

A: https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/貓頭鷹環蝶屬

A: yes, sounds good

A: "Has flown/flew" would be better.

A: "I am writing to ask you if I can delay paying this month's rent" or "I am writing to ask you if I can postpone paying this month's rent ". Both would then probably be followed by a statement relating to when you will actually pay it!

A: "Like moths to flame" is how the famous saying goes.

"Like moths to flames" "Like a moth to a flame" are other ways to say this.