Question of the Day #1122

Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, the man who once boasted he would take a bullet for his boss, is trying to repackage himself as someone who’s on a mission to tell truth to power — and he’s leaning on the Clintons’ former scandal manager to help him do it.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Politico.

  上記の文で、take a bullet for someoneの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "take a bullet for someone" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. （人）の身代わりになって撃たれる
2. 〈比喩〉（人）の代わりに非難を受ける［責任を取る］

問題文の場合は、当然比喩の意味です。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

1. Literally, to jump in front of and absorb the impact of a bullet from a gun being fired at someone else.
2. By extension, to accept or put oneself in the way of some misfortune, difficulty, blame, or danger as a means of protecting someone else.

 

Examples

1. I don't know why you always feel like you have to take the bullet for your bosses when they screw up. They never reward your loyalty in any way.
2. I used to take a lot of bullets when I worked as a PR representative for the senator.
3. If you can't or don't want to take a bullet for your team , it is either not your team or you aren't meant to be a leader.
4. Your customer won't take a bullet for you
5. “He Did Not Take a Bullet for Same-Sex Unions”

   

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