Question of the Day #716

Much as Bibi Andersson gave a brief and thrilling performance as Kate’s counterpart in the Bergman original, Beharie is on fire here.

From the 8th paragraph of this article at AV Club.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 火がついて、燃えて、火事になって
2. 〔人が〕熱狂的になって

の訳しかなく、一つ目は明らかに違って、二つ目もしっくりこない。

したがって、下記The Free Dictionaryのイディオムとしての定義をみましょう。

1. 文字通り、燃えている
2. 強い燃えているような感じ
3. 大変熱心に・巧みに・首尾よく仕事・演技等をこなす
4. 多変セクシー・魅力的

この中の三番目が適訳でしょう。

Answer

According to :

1. Literally, aflame.
2. Having an intense burning sensation.
3. Performing very enthusiastically, adeptly, or successfully.
4. Extremely sexy or attractive.

The third definition is the obvious choice.

Examples

• Damon won 5 games in a row. He was on fire!
• Jill's new book is really on fire. Everyone is buying it.
• Fred is on fire in his new job. He'll get promoted in no time.
• The team has been on fire lately, winning 11 of its last 12 games.
• I was worried that Sarah wouldn't be able to handle the advanced math class that we moved her into, but she's been on fire this whole semester.

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