Question of the Day #1027

YouTube TV Review: The Best Channel Selection Bar None

From the headline of this article at CNET.

  上記の文で、bar noneの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bar none" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

 

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈主に英〉例外なしに、文句なしに、抜群に◆最高の物または人であることを強調するための表現

「主に英」となっていますが、決してそんなことはありません。

 

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Also, barring none. Without exception, as in This is the best book I've read all year, bar none. [Mid-1800s]

 

Examples

• He has been one of the most important influences in my life, bar none.
• In my opinion, it's the best job in the world bar none! The Sun (2016)
• I think it's the greatest race in the world, bar none. Times, Sunday Times (2014)
• It has proven itself to be the winning strategy for the survival of our species, bar none.
MARK PAGEL IN ‘WIRED FOR CULTURE’ MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR CULTURAL DETERMINISM | CASEY SCHWARTZ | MARCH 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
• Berande, bar none, is by far the worst plantation in the Solomons so far as the labour is concerned.
ADVENTURE | JACK LONDON

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1026

The omnishambles in Poland and the bestial schadenfreude of the intelligentsia

From the headline of this article at the Daily Maverick.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

 

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈英話〉全てにおいて［あらゆる面で］無能な［役に立たない・めちゃくちゃな］こと◆【対】omnipotent

   

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences

 

語源

Dictionary.comによると、

2009年のイギリスのBBCの政治風刺ドラマThe Thick of Itで初めて使用された。

 

Etymology

According to Dictionary.com:

2009; omni- + shambles; first used in the BBC TV series The Thick of It, a political satire

 

Examples

• Many people think that Brexit created a real omnishambles for Britain.
• The implementation of the new policy was branded an "omnishambles" by the Opposition spokesperson on education.
• Critics have labelled the government's handling of the project an 'omnishambles'. Times, Sunday Times (2013)
• It was the year of the omnishambles budget. Times, Sunday Times (2015)
• It's less omnishambles, more omnirambles as everyone walks out. Times, Sunday Times (2013)

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1025

Port McNeill in Focus: Not exactly the community forest kumbaya I envisioned

From the headline of this article at the North Island Gazette.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
RedKiwi 英語大全によると、

「kumbaya」ということばは、アメリカの奴隷制時代のあとに、アフリカのクレオール語で書かれた有名な曲から来たものです。後年になると、それはキャンプファイヤーを囲みながらみんなで歌う人気曲になり、特に、ボーイスカウトやガールスカウトの子供たちによく歌われるようになりました。 「kumbaya」ということばは、何も問題のない、完璧な協調と幸福というアイデアと結びつけて考えられるようになりました。 しかし現在、このことばは、このアイデアを信じる人々が無知であることを示すために、ネガティブな意味で用いられる場合が多くなっています。

この説明で抜けているのは、Kumbayaが米国黒人の訛りからできた言葉で Come by here（こっちに来て）からきています。歌詞の意味から捉えると、これは神様に「こっちに来て」ということになります。  

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Rooted in an American spiritual and folk song of the same name, kumbaya refers, often disparagingly, to moments of or efforts at harmony and unity.

 

Examples

• As people are making up their mind about something, the use of fear can actually work both ways. i think this resonates more than 'let's sing kumbaya together and go to a concert together.'
• It's just been like a giant kumbaya party, strangers are playing cards. A teenager played his ukulele to kids to get them to sleep. Ladies who have never met before were dancing in aisles.
• There are seasons that are very kumbaya, very that, and then there are seasons that get kind of real. — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2023
• “Cut out the kumbaya bullshit, its #BlackLivesMatter because no one ever questions the value of white lives”
• "We're not all gonna live in a perfect kumbaya society but we can make it better by working and by reaching out, and by assuming the best in each other. And if enough of us do that, we move that boulder up the hill," [Barack] Obama said on Friday. — Katherine Fung

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1024

The Scathing Meaning Behind “Bad Blood” By Taylor Swift

From the headline of this article at American Songwriter.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

     

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

悪感情、恨み、憎しみ、敵意、反目、不和、不仲、わだかまり、いさかい

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

ill feeling: BITTERNESS

   

Examples

• There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
• There is, it seems, some bad blood between Mills and the Baldwins.
• In this tribal culture, bad blood means either negotiations between elders, or fighting. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
• Months of bad blood between the mercenaries and Moscow’s military leaders could mean that a lot of Wagner fighters would rather be commanded by anyone but Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. — Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Months of bad blood between McCarthy and Democrats help sink his speakership The current congressman McCarthy dramatically lost the House speakership Tuesday after failing to withstand a rebellion among hard-right Republicans — a first in U.S. history. — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1023

The best mockumentaries of all time

From the headline of this article at Yardbarker.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米〉モキュメンタリー、ドキュメンタリーをまねた映画、疑似ドキュメンタリー◆可算◆【語源】mock + documentary

ただし、この訳で欠けているのは、下記英語の定義のfacetious（発言などがふざけた、おどけた）とsatirical（風刺の［に富んだ・を含んだ］）なので注意してください。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a facetious or satirical work (such as a film) presented in the style of a documentary

 

Examples

• Such formats have included mockumentary filmmaking, action parodies, in-studio informercials, voice-over narration, and laugh tracks.
• The pseudo-documentary, unlike the related mockumentary, is not always intended as satire or humor.
• Henson went on to play Brunson’s mother on the ABC mockumentary — and earned a guest Emmy nom for the spot. —Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Aug. 2023
• Directing a mockumentary is way harder than directing a sitcom or traditional TV show. —Cori Murray, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
• Watch Now Seven Days in Hell Seven Days in Hell is a silly sports mockumentary, a parody of the John Isner/Nicolas Mahut match at Wimbledon in 2010 (which lasted for 11 hours and five minutes over three days). —Town & Country, 3 Sep. 2023

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1022

In boardrooms real and virtual, frantic questions have the floor.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at McKinsey & Company.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

自分が話をする番である、発言権を持つ

ただし、問題の見出しの場合は、frantic questionsが主語なので「取り乱した質問が中心だ」のような意訳が適切だと思います。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to have the right to speak at a public meeting

 

Examples

• Anyone wishing to speak about the new bylaw is welcome to have the floor.
• Silence, please, the prime minister has the floor.
• Mr Walker, you have the floor, Sir.
• Sit down — the queens have the floor. —Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2022
• The Justice Department will have the floor for the next three and a half weeks to question witnesses and present its evidence, after which the state attorneys general will have two weeks to make a supplementary case. —Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1021

Check Out This Quote From A Shady Dealer Who Doesn’t Understand What An Out-The-Door Price Means

From the headline of this article at Jalopnik.

  上記の文で、out-the-door priceの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "out-the-door price" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

 

解答

意味：
マイナビニュースによると、

車を買うときなどは、車体価格の上にオプションの料金、税金、手数料などもろもろ経費が追加され、つい「いったい全部でいくらなんですか？」なんて聞いちゃったり。
こんなときに便利なのが“What is the out the door price?”。
「正面玄関を出て行くときの値段はいくら？」がその意味で、これで「すべて含んだ最終金額」を尋ねられます。
“out the door price”はその頭文字をとって“OTD price”とも言います。

   

Answer

According to Car and Driver:

The out the door price is the total amount of money you must pay when purchasing a new vehicle. It includes the MSRP of the vehicle, as well as additional fees that the dealership collects, such as:
              • An extended warranty
              • Dealer service fees
              • Dealer handling fees
              • Advertising fees
              • Processing fees

 

Examples

• Sometimes abbreviated as OTD, the out-the-door price includes all taxes, fees and extras.
• One you will run into is the out-the-door price, commonly shortened to OTD price, which differs from a car’s sticker price.
• The sticker price is only part of a car's out-the-door price.
• When you go to a dealership to buy a car, you’ll likely hear a bunch of different acronyms and terms used to describe prices. Sticker price, MSRP and out-the-door price are just a few of the examples.
• An out-the-door price is what you pay at the dealership as the bottom line price for a vehicle, but this figure can be negotiated.

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1020

The livestock industry has cooked up a cock-and-bull story about how wild horses are the primary threat to land health in the West.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at The Wildlife News.

  上記の文で、cock-and-bull storyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "cock-and-bull story" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

うそ（の話）、ナンセンス、でたらめ、作り話、眉唾物

   

Answer

According to The Cambridge Dictionary:

a story that is obviously not true, especially one given as an excuse

 

語源

英辞郎によると

ロンドンとバーミンガムの間にある駅馬車の宿屋The CockとThe Bullからという説や、おんどりと雄牛が登場する古い民話からとする説などがある。

なお、Grammaristの語源の説明には、フランス語のcoq-a-l’âne（雄鶏とロバ）に由来してロバが雄牛に変えられたという説があるとしています。  

Etymology

According to Grammarist:

One story credits two coaching inns that were located in Stony Stratford, one named The Cock and one named The Bull. Guests would supposedly banter back and forth between the two inns, telling ever more outrageous stories. There does not seem to be much truth in this etymological theory. A more plausible origin is a French expression, coq-a-l’âne, which is defined as a garbled story that is passed from one party to another. Literally, coq-a-l’âne translates as rooster to jackass. For some reason, the latter animal changed from a jackass to a bull in English usage. Finally, some believe that the term cock and bull story referred to an actual genre of stories starring roosters and bulls, which are now lost.

   

Examples

• He gave me some cock-and-bull story about having to be at his cousin's engagement party.
• Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
• Was it him who made you come to us with this cock-and-bull story?
• Is he here with another cock-and-bull story about land grants?
FRANK MERRIWELL'S PURSUIT | BURT L. STANDISH
• And you seriously expect us to believe this cock-and-bull story as an explanation—unsupported by any kind of proof?
THE BRASS BOTTLE | F. ANSTEY

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1019

Revisiting Lady Bird Johnson’s whistle-stop tour and what Melania Trump isn’t using the first lady’s office for

From the headline of this article at CNN.

  上記の文で、whistle-stopの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "whistle-stop" mean?

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

• 名詞：笛を鳴らしたらやめること、急行列車通過駅、ひなびた町、小駅、短時間で多くの場所を回る選挙演説、地方遊説
• 形容詞：地方遊説の、各駅停車で旅をする

問題の見出しの場合は、形容詞なので「地方遊説の」になります。この他に、自動詞もありますが、あまり使用されません。  

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. 1. a small station at which trains stop only on signal: FLAG STOP
   2. a small community
                
2. a brief personal appearance especially by a political candidate usually on the rear platform of a train during the course of a tour

 

語源

Grammaristによると、

Whistle stopは、列車の運行手順に由来する。アメリカでかつては、乗降客がいない限り列車が止まらない小さい町がありました。列車が停車する場合、それを知らせるために汽笛を鳴らした。この表現は、1920年代から使用されている。

 

Etymology

According to Grammarist,

The expression whistle stop comes from the procedures used in railway travel. A train might not stop when passing through a small town unless a passenger wants to board or depart the train. If the train is going to stop, it blows the whistle to alert the community. The term whistle stop came into use in the 1920s.

   

Examples

• No more whistle-stop tours of the newest shopping centre in Nuneaton to look forward to.
• In twenty-four hours she has been on a whistle-stop tour of three countries.
• Why should he hang around this whistle stop for a wasted week-end, holding kitchen conversations with the unmighty living?
• The whistle-stop tour highlighted the kind of advanced military technologies Mr. Kim covets for his country. — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• That’s why suggestions that Biden galvanize his presidency with a dramatic Oval Office address, or even my own 2022 proposal for a Harry Truman–esque whistle-stop tour, misread reality. — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 10 May 2023

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1018

India’s juggernaut of censorship

From the headline of this article at The Hindu.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

 

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 《ヒンディー》ジャガノート、人を犠牲にするもの、絶対的な力［主義・制度］、不可抗力的なもの◆可算
2. 巨大金融機関、コングロマリット

問題の見出しの場合の意味は一番目の訳(絶対的な力)です。この単語は、さまざまな場面で使用されます。

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
2. chiefly British: a large heavy truck

 

Examples

• Health care has turned into something of a juggernaut in the economy recently.
• The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business.
• They were constructed to speed into the World Series, a juggernaut of money and bat-swinging might. — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• And so Reid, cunning and ruthless in equal measure, leveraged his enormous clout and fundraising muscle to turn Nevada’s creaky state party into a campaign juggernaut. — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later juggernaut, is on a mission to trim its losses and expand in European markets. — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1017

The Science of Attraction: Why Do We Fall for Certain People?

From the headline of this article at The Brink.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

   

解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. ～を好きになる、～にほれる［ほれ込む・恋する・首ったけである］
2. 〔策略・宣伝文句などに〕だまされる、引っかかる、つられる、はまる

問題の見出しの意味は、当然一番目の訳です。が、二つ目の全然意味の違う訳も頻繁に使われるので覚えておくといいでしょう。

 

Answer

According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary:

1. to be strongly attracted to someone; to fall in love with someone
2. to be tricked into believing something that is not true

 

Examples

• They fell for each other instantly.
• She always falls for older men.
• He's fallen for her in a big way.
• The handsome rocker who fell for the quiet cellist. The Guardian (2015)
• I fell for him but he doesn't want to see me again. The Sun (2012)

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。

Question of the Day #1016

The heat is on the Captain Tom Foundation spa complex – and it’s not coming from the indoor pool

From the headline of this article at The Guardian.

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

  答えは、コメントに書いてください。
Write your answer in the Comments.

明日、ここに答えを書きます。
I will add the answer and other remarks here tomorrow.

 

---

 

解答

意味：
Goo辞書によると、

状況がきわめて厳しい

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

If you say the heat is on, you mean that a time of great activity and/or pressure has begun

 

Examples

• With only months to go before the deadline, the heat is on.
• To perform well when the heat is on, all you have to do is let it happen.
• She's at her best when the heat is on with tight deadlines.
• But when the heat is on, he turns up and performs. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
• Neither likes to look at leaderboards as they compete, and both just try to enjoy themselves, especially when the heat is on. Times, Sunday Times (2016)

   

このサイトが役に立つと思ったら、ぜひ英語に関心のある知り合いとシェアしてください。