Question of the Day #725

It seems basically impossible that this image was made up just as something cool to post on Instagram; you wouldn’t just do this for kicks.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at Screen Crush.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔悪事・危険行為などの動機が〕スリル［快楽］を得るために、面白がって、面白いから

ただし、下記例文でわかるように、「悪事・危険行為など」だけではなく広範囲な行為に対して使用できるイディオムです。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Only for the sake of fun, excitement, or distraction.

Examples

• Just for kicks, let's order dessert first.
• Living in such a small, rural town, there wasn't much to do for kicks other than drive around in our car all night.
• They made a few small bets for kicks.
• Medina began posting his own photo composites just for kicks.
• There's a group of kids who go around smashing car windows for kicks.

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