Question of the Day #1114

Megyn Kelly says if Michelle Obama launches 2024 presidential run, ‘it’s a whole new ballgame’

From the headline of this article at the New York Post.

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

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解答

意味：
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Be a new ballgameでも同じ意味になりますが、wholeを入れることで意味がさらに強調されます。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

A situation that is completely different from what one is used to or expecting.

 

Examples

1. Living away from home is a whole new ballgame for most young adults.
2. I used to babysit, but having a child of my own is a new ballgame.
3. Yeah, I thought I was good at science, but college Chemistry is a whole new ballgame, let me tell you.
4. We'd done a lot of climbing in Scotland but the Himalayas were a whole new ballgame.
5. It will take a year to reassign the staff, and by then some will have quit and we'll have a whole new ballgame.

 

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