Noun+とばかりに mean?


I know that with verbs it means: To give the impression of

But what about it when it follows a noun?

> 「いいか、下手にメニューにカレーとかいれてみろ。 あの人がやってきてメニューを食い尽し、デザート **とばかりに**
> これまたケーキ類も全滅させて食い逃げするに決まってるだろ。 そうなったらさ、俺たち全員病院送りじゃないか」
>
> Listen, try and add curry or something else in the menù. That person will
> come and eat it all, dessert and all she will consume all the cakes and
> certainly run away. If that were to happen, wouldn't we end up in the
> hospital?




It doesn't really matter whether it follows a verb, noun, utterance, or idiom.
There is no direct equivalent in English, so you'll have to be creative when
trying to write a natural translation.

“As if to say…” or “As though it is…” is close, but not exactly. I recommend
you read through many usage examples and absorb the meaning from their
contexts, rather than their translations.

  * 雨がやんだので、チャンス **とばかりに** 外に出た
  * 花嫁修業 **とばかりに** 料理教室に通った
  * 難しい本を読み切ったので、お祝い **とばかりに** シャンパンを買って帰った etc.

Read also: [What exactly does とばかりに
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5395/what-exactly-
does-%e3%81%a8%e3%81%b0%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8a%e3%81%ab-mean "grammar - What
exactly does とばかりに mean? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange")




It doesn't really matter whether it follows a verb, noun, utterance, or idiom.
There is no direct equivalent in English, so you'll have to be creative when
trying to write a natural translation.

“As if to say…” or “As though it is…” is close, but not exactly. I recommend
you read through many usage examples and absorb the meaning from their
contexts, rather than their translations.

  * 雨がやんだので、チャンス **とばかりに** 外に出た
  * 花嫁修業 **とばかりに** 料理教室に通った
  * 難しい本を読み切ったので、お祝い **とばかりに** シャンパンを買って帰った etc.

Read also: [What exactly does とばかりに
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/5395/what-exactly-
does-%e3%81%a8%e3%81%b0%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8a%e3%81%ab-mean "grammar - What
exactly does とばかりに mean? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange")

