Question of the Day #241

"Italy’s nascent government has tough economic circles to square"
From the headline of this article at Reuters.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎の訳の中で最も適切なのは、


折り合いをつける

でしょう。
また、tough economic circles to squareは、一種のダジャレになっていることが面白いと思います。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to set right : bring into agreement

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

「〜と調和させる」の意味は、1590年代から。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

sense of "to accord with" is from 1590s

Examples

• His petty insults, coarse language, lack of humility and private life are difficult to square with Christian faith, opponents say. — Jeremy W. Peters And Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, "Shrugging Off Trump Scandals, Evangelicals Look to Rescue G.O.P.," 24 Apr. 2018
• I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
• to square our actions by the opinions of others
• ‘I'm able to square my profession with my religious beliefs’
• ‘I had always been into science, and I didn't know how to square the book of Genesis with the things I had read.’