Question of the Day #757

‘My bad. I didn’t try to do it.’

From the 10th paragraph of this article at NBA.com.

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

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解答

意味：
かなり基本的なイディオムだと思うのですが、なぜか英辞郎に掲載されていません。Weblioによると、

てへぺろ；私のせいです、ごめん、ごめん；すまない；私のミスだよ

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

US informal
used for saying that you accept that you are wrong or that something is your fault

Etymology

According to ,

Examples

• "You brought the wrong book." "Okay, my bad. I'll go get it."
• Susan: "Jerry, I asked you to do the dishes an hour ago, and they're still piled in the sink!" Jerry: "Oops, my bad, honey. I'll do them right now."
• I’m sorry — my bad. ♢ No, it’s my bad. I’m the one that got caught taking stuff.
• My bad. It won’t happen again.
• "You just spilled your beer on my term paper!!"
  "Er... my bad."

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