Question of the Day #1240

Everton To Run The Gauntlet With Premier Leagues December Fixtures

From the headline of this article at LWOS.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔さまざまな人・集団・方々から〕批判［攻撃］を受ける、怒りを買う

   

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

Be exposed to danger, criticism, or other adversity

 

語源

Dictionary.comによると、

このイディオムは1600年代前半からありスウェーデン語の「走路」の意味のgatloppからきたgantlopeに由来しています。もともとは、軍隊の体罰の方法で違反を犯した兵隊は、棒や結び目のある紐を持った二列の兵隊の間を走り、体罰を受けた。

 

Etymology

According to Dictionary.com:

This term, dating from the first half of the 1600s, comes from the word gantlope , which itself comes from the Swedish word gatlopp , for “lane-course.” It referred to a form of military punishment where a man ran between two rows of soldiers who struck him with sticks or knotted ropes.

   

Examples

1. Every day they had to run the gauntlet of hostile journalists on their way to school.
2. Borders are sealed and aid workers must run the gauntlet of checkpoints controlled by warlords.
3. ’He knows what it's like, having to run the gauntlet of those people.' Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2003)
4. Waitrose has run the gauntlet of disgruntled loyal customers before. From BBC
5. But he added: "My guess is that the drone was launched from far closer in than that, as this would avoid it having to run the gauntlet of much of Moscow's defences." From BBC

   

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