From the headline of this article at Salon.
上記の文で、straight arrowの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "straight arrow" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
真面目な人問題の見出しの場合は、形容詞としてstraight-arrowを使っていますので、訳は単に「真面目」でいいと思います。
Answer
According to Merriam-Webster:a person who lives by rigidly proper or conventional standards
Etymology/語源
Merriam-Websterによると、初めて使用されたのは、1969年。straight as an arrowという表現から。
According to Merriam-Webster:
First Known Use of straight arrow:
1969, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology for straight arrow:
from the expression straight as an arrow
Examples
- He doesn't drink or smoke. He's a real straight arrow.
- Everybody, except for me, everybody is straight arrow. — Steve Marinucci, Billboard, "Mike Nesmith Reflects on His Weed-Fueled, Post-Monkees Project First National Band & New Memoir," 31 May 2018
- Friends described Menendez as a straight arrow who rarely drank and was close to his family.
- ...a well-scrubbed, straight-arrow group of young people.
- Kristen was often mocked by her peers for being a straight arrow who always followed the rules and stayed out of trouble.
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