Question of the Day #1145

1 Stock-Split Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in June and 1 to Avoid

From the headline of this article at Yahoo! Finance.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔物事の進行が〕どんどん

上記の訳の他に、二つの直訳に近いものもありますが、その意味で使用されることはほとんどありません。
このイディオムは、もともと帆船時代のもので水夫がロープを急いで手繰り寄せるところから来ています。
また、下記例文で分かるように、お金を儲けているか損している時に使用されることがほとんどです。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

quickly and in large amounts

 

Examples

1. Business was good and we were making money hand over fist.
2. So we'll make only half a billion after tax, when most other airlines in the world are losing money hand over fist. Times, Sunday Times (2014)
3. When an industry is failing at doing its one job properly and yet is still making money hand over fist, there’s a big problem – and it’s one being borne by consumers. —Jill Filipovic, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
4. Not all are prepared to spend money hand over fist to build up a streaming platform complete with their own content, however. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
5. Investors should get in front of this transition, follow the lead of a CEO who is buying his company’s stock hand over fist and look for a powerful rebound in the share price in the months ahead. —Moneyshow, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023

   

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