Question of the Day #651

“If you send me someone who has had a lot of short stops, I’ll be skeptical.” That was a red flag and her “number one pet peeve,” says Arnold, president of Arnold Partners, LLC.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at CFO.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米話〉ムカッとくるもの、人をむかつかせる［イライラさせる・怒らせる］こと［もの］、不平の種［原因］◆自分の周りにいる人たちにとっては必ずしも腹立たしくはないが、自分にとっては腹立たしいと感じることについていう。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a frequent subject of complaint

Examples

• One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
• Weak coffee is one of my pet peeves.
• "Academia, you can tell, is clearly a pet peeve of mine." Times, Sunday Times (2012)
• It’s not uncommon for seniority to be management’s pet peeve in any union contract, but tying it to workforce equity is likely to hit a nerve with the union’s largely white leadership. — Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com, "Providence targets teacher seniority in bid for more diversity," 9 Mar. 2021
• The Harmony Mat was created to solve most yogis’ biggest pet peeve, feet and hands slipping on the mat. — Claire Tighe, NBC News, "Jade Yoga's Harmony Mat turned me into a yoga mat evangelist," 25 Feb. 2021

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