Question of the Day #1085

FOR ESG IN FIXED INCOME, PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

From the headline of this article at Factset.

  上記の文で、[the] proof is in the puddingの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "[the] proof is in the pudding" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎には、[the] proof is in the puddingは掲載されていません。このイディオムはThe proof of the pudding is in the eating.の省略で英辞郎によるとその訳は、

プディングがうまくできたかどうかは、食べてみなければ分からない。／論より証拠。

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

...the expression "the proof is in the pudding,"as well as "the proof in the pudding" and "the proof of the pudding," is a version of the proverbial "the proof of the pudding is in the eating (or tasting)"—all of which have become established in the language through frequent servings.

 

Examples

• Is she the best of all time? The proof is in the pudding—and I think her accomplishments speak for themselves.
• But Hinchcliffe said: “The proof is in the pudding, you don’t know until you start working with the new owner.”
• “We think we’ve been productive over the last two weeks but the proof is in the pudding on Sunday.” [Western Morning News]
• “Our business is up at brick-and-mortar 20 percent and online 45 percent from last year. It’s really hard, but at the same time, the proof is in the pudding and we’ve been able to push the numbers and, for us, it’s just fine-tuning the stores and online so that it’s accurate. It’s not for everybody.” –LA Times
• Harvey Weinstein said he was trying to salvage flawed films. “Sometimes when there are problems — a movie is too long, or it has the wrong music — most of the time it’s worked out.” But when it hasn’t, “unfortunately you get tagged with names. The proof is in the pudding. And the proof is in the output. As I get older, I’m not up for these fights anymore …. I blame myself — I could’ve been a better manager and hope to be in the future. –LA Times

   

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Question of the Day #1084

How employee health and well-being fit into the ESG wheelhouse

From the headline of this article at Green Biz.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 《海事》操舵室◆可算
2. 〈米話〉《野球》〔バットの〕最大スピード領域◆一つのスイングで最もパワーが出るところ。ここでボールに当たることが理想。
3. 《one's ～》〈米話〉得意分野、専門領域

1番は、語源と言っていいと思います。問題文の訳は、3番目の訳です。
また、下記英語の2番目の定義に注意してほしいと思います。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. PILOTHOUSE
2. a place or center of control or leadership (as in an organization)
3.              
                
   1. baseball: the section of the strike zone where it is easiest for the batter to hit the ball well
                
   2. an area that matches a person's skills or expertise
                

 

Examples

• This product plays directly into marketing’s wheelhouse.
• Critical thinking is the wheelhouse of the liberal arts.
• Innovation doesn't happen overnight, but having grit and the resilience to achieve your dreams is all within your wheelhouse. —Geneva Schlabach, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• This story of perseverance, suffering and salvation through physical challenges is right in Wahlberg’s current wheelhouse. —Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Banana chocolate-chip muffins, lava cakes, chocolate-mousse cakes, lemon bars, even cream puffs (my specialty) were well within my wheelhouse. —Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024

   

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Question of the Day #1083

3 Royals Kate Middleton Is Close To And 9 She Keeps At Arm's Length

From the headline of this article at The List.

  上記の文で、keep at arm's lengthの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "keep at arm's length" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）によそよそしくする、（人）を寄せ付けない、（人）を敬遠する

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

At or occupying a distance, either physical or figurative, away from oneself that affords a level of safety or security or that excludes intimacy.

 

Examples

• John always keeps his friends at arm's length, so that no one gets close enough to hurt his feelings.
• He always had the feeling that she was keeping him at arm’s length.
• He looks to be a fishy person. I would keep him at arm’s length if I were you.
• He did not have a very cordial relationship with his family and kept them at arm’s length.
• I like to keep my office colleagues at arm’s length outside of the office. I don’t want them in my personal life.

   

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Question of the Day #1082

Traveling with Your Pet? Maybe When Pigs Fly

From the headline of this article at Business Traveler.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

チャンスがない、不可能である、無理である、起こり得ない◆【直訳】ブタが空を飛ぶとき ⇒ ブタが空を飛ぶなんてことはあり得ない

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

used to say that one thinks that something will never happen

 

Examples

• The train station will be renovated when pigs fly.
• When would they be hired again? Perhaps, as the saying goes, when pigs fly.
• I asked my boss if I could go on a two month vacation, he said yes, when pigs fly!
• “I think I’ll start working on my project from tomorrow.” “Yes, and pigs might fly.”
• He plans to clean his house every week, but he will probably do it only when pigs fly.

   

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Question of the Day #1081

‘Back to the drawing board’

From the headline of this article at the Lafayette Student News.

  上記の文で、back to the drawing boardの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "back to the drawing board" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

振り出しに戻って、最初からやり直しで◆【同】back to the beginning

"back to square one"という言い方もあります。
 

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

A saying indicating that one's effort has failed, and one must start all over again.

 

Examples

• “The new package we designed hasn't increased our sales as we'd hoped, so it's back to the drawing board.”
• If the predictions are completely wrong, then it is back to the drawing board.
• If recruiting is a serious challenge, go back to the drawing board and redesign your brand story. —Todd Irwin, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• David Kaye, a former United Nations special rapporteur on free expression, said Twitter should revert the policy and go back to the drawing board. —Brian Fung, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
• And when one idea doesn't work, PR professionals must have the drive to go back to the drawing board to create something better and more intriguing. —Catherine Seeds, Forbes, 4 May 2023

   

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Question of the Day #1080

15+ Tricky Riddles That Will Rack Your Brain

From the headline of this article at Bright Side.

  上記の文で、rack one's brainの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rack one's brain" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

知恵を絞る、頭を働かせる◆brainが複数形になる場合もある

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to think very hard in order to try to remember something, solve a problem, etc.

 

Examples

• I've been racking my brain, but I can't remember his name.
• I've been racking my brain trying to recall where we put the key.
• Desperately, Irvin racked his brains, but there was nothing he could tell them.
• They sat in silence, racking their brains for the name of the road.
• Which left Fabia racking her brains to think of how next best to get through to the woman.

   

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Question of the Day #1079

In the next three years, it might all go to hell in a handbasket, given an uncertain economy, a fickle electorate and a thin majority.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at The Conversation.

  上記の文で、go to hell in a handbasketの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "go to hell in a handbasket" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉急速に悪化［没落・破滅・荒廃］する、あっという間に駄目になる◆【語源】手提げのついた籠は持ちやすいので、中の物を簡単に持っていけることから「すぐに」という意味になった。

同じ意味で、Go to hell in a handcartということもありますが、この言い方の方が珍しい。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to become completely ruined

 

Examples

• He's convinced that the country is going to hell in a handbasket.
• The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.
• Climate change scientists are convinced that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.
• Climate change scientists are convinced that the world is going to hell in a handbasket.
• It seems like the whole world is going to hell in a handbasket.

   

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Question of the Day #1078

Denmark to ’get off its high horse’ with fresh foreign policy approach

From the headline of this article at The Local (Denmark).

  上記の文で、get off one's high horseの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "get off one's high horse" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

他人を見下すのをやめる、高慢［傲慢・高飛車］な態度をやめる、謙虚になる◆【直訳】背の高い馬から下りる

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To stop acting as if one is better than other people; to stop being arrogant or haughty.

 

Examples

• I wish that she would get off her high horse and begin to think about how other people feel about things.
• Sam is never going to make friends here until he gets off his high horse and stops acting like he knows more than all of us.
• You're just an intern, so get off your high horse and do this filing, like I asked you to.
• Would you get off your high horse and talk to me?
• “I wish he’d get off his high horse and be more friendly.”

   

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Question of the Day #1077

ComfortDelGro's surge pricing option may open a can of worms

From the headline of this article at The Straits Times.

  上記の文で、open a can of wormsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "open a can of worms" mean?

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

厄介な問題を引き起こす、災いを呼ぶ、収拾のつかない事態を引き起こす、パンドラの箱をあけてしまう◆【語源】a can of worms は「釣り餌用の虫の入ったカン」のことで、それを開けると、虫がぞろぞろと出てくるので、すぐに蓋を閉めないと厄介なことになる。

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to create a complicated situation in which doing something to correct a problem leads to many more problems

 

Examples

• Our boss is reluctant to change the policy now because she doesn't want to open a can of worms.
• Connecting to databases often open a can of worms. —Frederick Daso, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• The professor opened a can of worms by saying that alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis or ecstasy.
• She is afraid that she will open a can of worms if she speaks out about the problem.
• The investigation of the police chief opened a can of worms at the police department.

   

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Question of the Day #1076

Nonprofit Spotlight: Rhythm & Rawhide back in the saddle

From the headline of this article at Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《be ～》〔中断などから〕いつも［通常］の状態に戻る

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Resuming something after an absence. Despite the presence of "saddle," this phrase is rarely used in reference to riding horses.

 

Examples

• I needed to take a break for a bit, but now, I'm back in the saddle.
• You've mourned long enough—it's time to get back in the saddle and date again.
• So many things in life are about getting back in the saddle. The Guardian (2021)
• But, back in the saddle she escapes his strictures, her respectable job and her imminent motherhood. Times, Sunday Times (2011)
• I’m sad to say it, but after a long vacation, it’s time to get back in the saddle and return to work.

   

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Question of the Day #1075

Genuine change or lipstick on a pig?

From the headline of this article at CNU.org.

  上記の文で、lipstick on a pigの意味は？
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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈侮蔑的〉豚［ブタ］に口紅◆「豚のように醜いものを綺麗に見せようと努力しても無駄に終わるだけ」、「表面的にきれいにしても本質は変わらない」などの意味で用いられる。

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Some superficial or cosmetic change to something so that it seems more attractive, appealing, or successful than it really is.

 

Examples

• "You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig"
• God help us all if that woman becomes VP (and let's face it, she's really running for president as McCain has not just a foot but most of his body in the grave already). You can put lipstick on a pig, but she'll still be a piss-poor candidate.
• When Barack Obama told a crowd at a campaign event on Tuesday, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” the McCain campaign swiftly took offense, claiming the analogy was directed at vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
• The only things the new manager has come up with to save the restaurant have been to put lipstick on a pig, but slapping on a fresh coat of paint and making a few repairs will do nothing to address the underlying problems.
• This new operating system is just lipstick on a pig, if you ask me. It's still just as buggy and unintuitive as the last one they released.

   

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Question of the Day #1074

GOVERNMENT FRAUD THEORIES TAKE IT ON THE CHIN – UPDATE FOR MAY 15, 2023

From the headline of this article at the LISA Foundation.

  上記の文で、take it on the chinの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take it on the chin" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔ボクシングで〕急所にパンチを食らう、痛撃を食らう
2. 大打撃［損害］を受ける、敗北を喫する、勇気を出して敗北を認める
3. 苦痛を〕我慢［辛抱］する、大打撃［痛撃・苦痛・苦難・苦境・逆境・屈辱］にじっと［断固として］耐える、〔非難・批判などの〕矢面に立つ、〔非難・批判などを〕甘受する［甘んじて受ける］、〔非難・批判・逆境などに〕立ち向かう

読んですぐにわかると思いますが、1番の訳から2番と3番の訳が来ています。また、英英辞典によると2番の訳は米国で使用されていて、3番の訳は主に英国となっています。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. US : to be badly damaged or affected by something : to be hit hard by something
2. chiefly British : to accept something difficult or unpleasant without complaining

 

Examples

• Paul really took it on the chin today when he got fired for missing a deadline.
• When the police arrived, he took it on the chin, apologizing for the trouble he'd caused them.
• Our boss messes around with the company's money, but we're the ones who have to take it on the chin when things go wrong.
• Growth stocks, including Tech, tend to take it on the chin when yields rise, because they’re highly valued based on hopes for strong future growth. —Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• Trump need only look to presidents and candidates who had the White House snatched away, for an example of how to take it on the chin. —Stephen Collinson With Caitlin Hu, CNN, 9 Nov. 2020

   

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