Question of the Day #782

Price inflation: The heat is on

From the headline of this article at BBC.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎等のオンライン英和辞典にないので、下記The Free Dictionaryの定義を訳します。

とある状況におけるプレッシャーが大きい。何かをしなければならない逼迫している時。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

The pressure in a situation is high; the urgency to do something has reached a very high level.

Examples

• To perform well when the heat is on, all you have to do is let it happen.
• But when the heat is on, he turns up and performs. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
• What is now on record is that he may have a problem when the heat is on. The Sun (2006)
• We've only got two more weeks until the deadline, and we're down three staff members, so the heat is on to get this project finished.
• The heat is on for the agency now that the scandal has made headlines.

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