Question of the Day #1416

‘Can’t get my black girl panties in a bunch’ over Hulk Hogan dropping the N-word

From the headline of this article at the Chicago Tribune.

  上記の文で、get (one's) panties in a bunchの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "get one's panties in a bunch" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉〔ささいなことに〕イライラ［ピリピリ］する

このイディオムは主に米国で使用されていて、イギリスではget one's knickers in a twistが同じ意味で使用されます。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To become overly upset or emotional over something, especially that which is trivial or unimportant. Primarily heard in US.

 

Examples

1. Ah, don't get your panties in a bunch, I'll have the car back by tomorrow morning!
2. In my opinion, people are getting their panties in a bunch over this election.
3. A: "Oh no, our picnic is ruined!" B: "It'll stop raining soon—don't get your panties in a bunch."
4. Don’t get your panties in a bunch over a simple mistake.
5. He got his panties in a bunch over the room assignment change.

   

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Question of the Day #1415

Want to Avoid Having a Picky Eater? Start Exposing Your Kids to Veggies Super Early—in the Womb

From the headline of this article at the Smithsonian Magazine.

  上記の文で、picky eaterの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "picky eater" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《a ～》好き嫌いの多い［激しい］人、食べ物にえり好みをする人

   

Answer

According to Wiktionary:

A person who is highly selective in what they do eat and what they do not eat.

 

Examples

1. I don't want her to become a fussy or picky eater, but this could happen. - The Sun
2. I just had to respond to last week's diatribe on 'picky eaters'. - Times, Sunday Times
3. Only later did it occur to us that maybe the picky eaters had taken sensible precautions. - Times, Sunday Times
4. Picky eaters are defined as those who consume an inadequate variety of food through rejection of a substantial amount of food stuffs that are both familiar and unfamiliar.
5. Adult picky eaters remain an under researched group.

   

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Question of the Day #1414

Don’t lollygag in cars, COVID

From the headline of this article at The Maui News.

  上記の文で、logglygagの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "lollygag" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【自動】
〈米話〉時間を浪費する［のんびり過ごす］

なお、「時間を浪費する人」をlollygaggerと言います。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

informal
: to fool around and waste time : DAWDLE

 

Examples

1. Stop lollygagging and get to work.
2. For the players, the summer is not a time to lollygag. — Eliav Appelbaum, Daily News, 1 May 2025
3. However, if the U.S. is really going to pull-off such a massive shift in its energy supply, it can’t wait and lollygag around. - From Slate • Sep. 16, 2021
4. Inside the park, they lollygag in meadows along the main road, coexisting easily with the tourists. - From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2016
5. They were under strict orders from their mother to run – not lollygag or walk or jog, but run – directly home after hitting the road’s curve. - From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2016

   

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Question of the Day #1413

Learning to “run with it”

From the headline of this article at Furman News.

  上記の文で、run with itの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "run with it" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎には、run with itだけでは掲載されていませんが、take the ball and run with it はあります。その意味は、

前任者から引き継いで主導権［リーダーシップ］を発揮する

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To take the initiative to do something independently.

 

Examples

1. I got this really good idea for an ad campaign. I think I'm going to just run with it and present it to the boss when it's done.
2. Teresa is a good reporter because when she sees a good story, she runs with it—she doesn't wait to be told what to cover.
3. The Japanese took that technology and ran with it.
4. It's up to him. If he studies, fine. If not, there's nothing we can do. He's the one who has to take the ball and run with it.
5. We had a very vague idea of what we wanted, but the marketing team just took the ball and ran with it.

   

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Question of the Day #1412

Rui Vitória proud of bumptious Benfica

From the headline of this article at UEFA.com.

  上記の文で、bumptiousの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bumptious" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【形】
〔能力を自慢し過ぎて〕横柄な、偉そうな、傲慢な、高慢ちきな、尊大な

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : OBTRUSIVE

 

Examples

1. And it’s been a very bumptious relationship ever since. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
2. Gorsuch’s abrupt pivot to arrogance has been on full display in his bumptious opinions and questions from the bench. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
3. Americans are not afraid of bumptious, raucous, and robust debate about these matters. — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
4. “And what do you know? You are too young: you smell of your mother’s milk. You have the bumptious, graceless confidence of the recently born.” -
 Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
5. As a bitter and somewhat bumptious critic Mr. Weaver made his early reputation on the Chicago Daily News. - Time Magazine Archive

   

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Question of the Day #1411

CBS News Chicago Layoffs Rattle Journalists: ‘A Crying Shame’

From the headline of this article at IMDb.

  上記の文で、a crying shameの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "a crying shame" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

非常に残念なこと

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a situation that makes one feel sad or disappointed

 

Examples

1. That struck me as both a crying shame and wholly unsurprising. — Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
2. It's a crying shame that we never met again in later life. - The Sun (2010)
3. It is unlikely to happen, which is a crying shame. - The Sun (2013)
4. It's a crying shame that so much money has been wasted on this pointless political campaign.
5. It's a crying shame that people cannot afford adequate housing.

   

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Question of the Day #1410

Watch moment Holly Willoughby left screaming and swearing as she braves white-knuckle lap round F1 track

From the headline of this article at The Sun.

  上記の文で、white-knuckleの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "white-knuckle" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【形】
• ひどく緊張させる、手に汗握る、ハラハラさせる、ゾッとさせる、肝を冷やす

• ひどく緊張させるもの、ハラハラさせるもの、ゾッとさせるもの

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

marked by, causing, or experiencing tense nervousness

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

【語源】緊張や恐怖で拳を強く握り締めると指関節の皮膚が白く見える様子から  

 

Etymology

According to Wiktionary:

Evoking the imagery of tightly clenched hands with reduced bloodflow to the knuckles.

   

Examples

1. Hats off to both sets of players for providing such a white-knuckle ride over two legs. - The Guardian (2015)
2. But if this is all too much of a white-knuckle experience there are rides for all ages. - The Sun (2010)
3. At eight episodes, of course, the show can’t possibly be the white-knuckle trip that the film was. — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
4. Zion Adventures has had climbers as young as 5 and as old as 74 white-knuckle their way along the routes. — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
5. Your fun night out is suddenly about to become a wild, white-knuckle ride into the abyss. — Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023

   

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