Question of the Day #489

"U.S. Consents to a Turkish Invasion in Syria; Kurdish Forces Call It 'A Stab in the Back'"
From the headline of this article at Reason.com.

上記の文で、a stab in the backの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "a stab in the back" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎には、a stab in the backの直訳しかないけれどstab in the backにはイディオムの意味があります。

裏切り行為

しかし、stab in the backは動詞句のイディオムなので、「裏切り行為」は本当はa stab in the backの訳で、stab in the backは動詞句の「裏切る」です。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

A betrayal; an act of treachery.

Examples

• Being replaced by her was a real stab in the back.
• Voting against the bill on reservation for the villagers of Scotland at the last minute was a real stab in the back.
• Filing a false case of domestic violence against her husband was a stab in the back.
• U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Matthew McCarty, based at a Naval station in South Carolina and in the service since 2013, said Trump’s ban came as a stab in the back.
• ‘this public disavowal was interpreted as a stab in the back that could not pass unavenged’

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