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?

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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

   

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