Question of the Day #993

This vision of food's future could have legs – but rather more than you might like.

From the headline of this article at National Geographic.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

永続性がある

下記英語の定義になるように、主に考え・意見・現象・流行等に対して使用されます。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To have the ability to endure, stay relevant, or continue to maintain interest. Said of a concept, phenomenon, something discussed, etc.

 

Examples

• That theory really has legs—years later, most people still think that the wrong man was convicted.
• This latest scandal has legs - you'll probably still be reading about it in a year's time.
• The business has legs.
• Mr Blucher was confident that his concept had legs, so he persisted and pressed Mr Cooper for a meeting.
• We’ll soon see if the movie has legs.

   

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