Question of the Day #79

"Noah asks, 'Do you think Mitch McConnell realized what a solid he’s done you?'"
From the subtitle of this article at the Huffington Post.

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

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


〈俗〉好意、親切な行為◆【同】favor◆

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

US slang :  favor

Etymology/語源

この使い方の語源は、なかなか見つからなくて、唯一見つかったのはUrban Dictionaryのものなので疑いの余地があるけれど、参考のために掲載します。 Urban Dictionaryによると、

米国北東部の特に都市部で1980年代中頃から使用されている。テレビドラマSeinfeldで使用されるかなり前のことになる。

The use of the word "solid" as a synonym of favor is hard to pin down, and the only online reference that I could easily find was from the Urban Dictionary so it is probably suspect. According to Urban Dictionary:

The phrase "do me a solid" means do me a favor. The term was first used in the Northeastern United States, particularly in urban environments, at least as early as the mid-1980's, long prior to the Seinfeld episode usage.

Examples

• “Can you do me a solid and watch my stuff?”
• So her husband did her a solid and dropped her off for the afternoon, where she was free to sketch some of the exhibits
• Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
• I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
• KRAMER: Hey. Hey, would you do me a solid?
  JERRY: Well, what kind of solid?
  KRAMER: I need you to sit in the car for two minutes while it's double-parked. I gotta pick up some birds.
  From the Seinfeld episode "The Jacket" in 1991.