Question of the Day #529

"Often, Charli conveyed not the peppy salesmanship one expects of a celebrity influencer but the bored, glassy-eyed air that so many of us normies radiate during conference calls."

From the 6th paragraph of this article at The Atlantic.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

目がとろんとした、表情がぼんやりした

Answer

According to Collins Dictionary :

having eyes that are void of expression, life, or warmth, esp because of drugs or alcohol

Etymology/語源

によると、

According to :

Examples

• He sat there a moment, glassy-eyed, then rose with a trembling effort and groped aft to the cabin.
• Philip was glassy-eyed with shock.
• Henry gave Paul a glassy-eyed stare and turned to the door.
• Many of the students were glassy-eyed from studying all night.
• Obediently, Martha studied the image of a glassy-eyed young white woman in a long white dress and tiara.

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Question of the Day #528

"George Clooney caught red handed for CHEATING on his wife. "

From the headline of this article at New Lagoon.

上記の文で、catch (caught) red handedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "catch (caught) red handed" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《be ～》現行犯で逮捕される、現場を押さえられる

Answer

According to The Phrase Finder:

To be caught red-handed is to be caught in the act of committing a misdemeanour, with the evidence there for all to see.

Etymology/語源

英辞郎

【語源】殺人を犯して血がべっとりと手についている時点で捕まってしまう様子から

According to The Phrase Finder

Red-handed...is a straightforward allusion to having blood on one's hands after the execution of a murder or a poaching session. 

Examples

• He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.
• A BUNGLING thief who was caught red-handed raiding a property in Inverness has been jailed for 15 months at the city’s sheriff court. (The Inverness Courier)
• My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed. 
• The FBI caught the mayor red-handed using drugs.
• “Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and caught him red-handed.”

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Question of the Day #527

"Keep a stiff upper lip when all about you are losing theirs, and you won’t be a Yank, my son"

From the headline of this article at The Times.

上記の文で、keep a stiff upper lipの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "keep a stiff upper lip" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 唇を引き締めた状態を保つ
2. 〔困難にあっても〕気を落とさずに頑張る、くじけない

Answer

According to The Collins Dictionary:

to maintain one's courage or composure during a time of trouble without giving way to or revealing one's emotions

Etymology/語源

The Phrase Finderによると、

イギリス人の気質に深い関わり合いのあるこのイディオムが、実はアメリカでできたことは不思議である。私が調べた限り、登場する最も古い出版物は、Massachusetts Spy誌の1815年6月号の下記の文である。


 "I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods."

According to The Phrase Finder:

Strange then that a phrase so strongly associated with the UK should have originated in America. The first printed reference to it that I know of is in the Massachusetts Spy, June 1815:

"I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods."

Examples

• Despite all of the hardships he faced, John always kept a stiff upper lip and didn't let anything bother him.
• The players were devastated after losing the championship, but their coach encouraged them to keep a stiff upper lip and focus on doing better next year.
• Even though he was only three years old, Jonathan kept a stiff upper lip the whole time he was in the hospital recovering from his surgery.

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Question of the Day #526

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Stony Glare Was the Only Important Part of the State of the Union"

From the headline of this article at Paste.

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

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解答

"stony glare"はイディオムとして認められてないらしいので、２つの単語を意味をそれぞれ見ましょう。

意味：
英辞郎によると、stonyの意味は、

1. 石の多い、石だらけの
2. 石質の、石の
3. 石のように冷たい、無感覚な、無表情な、冷酷な

そしてglareは、

1. キラキラ光る［輝く］、ギラギラ光る、目立つ
2. にらみ付ける

したがって、stony glareは「無表情または冷酷な目でにらみ付ける」ことになります。意訳をすれば「冷たい視線」でもいいと思います。

Answer

Apparently, "stony glare" isn't considered an idiom, per se, so we'll look at the two words separately.

According to Lexico stony in this case means:

Not having or showing feeling or sympathy.

According to Merriam-Webster, glare can mean:

an angry or fierce stare

So, a "stony glare" could be an angry or fierce stare that shows no feeling or sympathy.

Examples

• She gave me a stony glare as I walked into the room.
• She does not answer and her stony glare may be variously interpreted as anger or indifference.
• Appeased, Iris followed him out. Pausing only to listen to the hiss of the door closing on Big Evil's stony glare.
• Family may be an obvious choice since you are a family and neither of you wants to ditch this choice to the stony glare of their partner.
• Puck, sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of Pedro shoots him a stony glare.

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Question of the Day #525

"A popular iteration of these memes pairs a clip of Ryan making a flirtatious and coy face in Radio Rebel with relatable captions."

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at StayHipp.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 遠慮がちな、控えめの、恥ずかしがりな
2. 純情ぶった、こびた、ぶりっ子の
3. 関わろうとしない、何も語ろうとしない

３つの意味がちょっと違う訳ですが、問題文の場合は2番でしょう。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. 1. marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
   2. shrinking from contact or familiarity
2. showing reluctance to make a definite commitment

Examples

• Rival camps are terrified that Bush will reject federal matching funds and the campaign-spending limits they impose, and Bush's aides are coy on the subject. — John F. Dickerson, Time, 8 Mar. 1999
• She is modest without being coy.
• The hotel are understandably coy about the incident.
• Did Mia stop to think how her coy tease might be perceived by the widow Sinatra? THE WOODY ALLEN ALLEGATIONS: NOT SO FAST|ROBERT B. WEIDE|JANUARY 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
• At least he isn't pulling a Taylor Swift and trying to be coy about who the song is about. LADY GAGA GOES NAKED ON ‘ARTPOP’ ALBUM COVER, MILEY CYRUS INSULTS MATT LAUER’S SEX LIFE|CULTURE TEAM|OCTOBER 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

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Question of the Day #524

"Being full of oneself when it came to rating one’s intellectual arrogance — an exaggerated view of intellectual ability and knowledge — instead generally predicted academic achievement, especially on individual course work."

From the third paragraph of this article at Baylor.edu.

上記の文で、full of oneselfの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "full of onself" mean?

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解答

意味：
Weblioによると、

うぬぼれの強い；傲慢な

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Having an inflated view of one's importance, to the annoyance of others.

Examples

• Oh, he is so full of himself! Despite what he's told you, he is not the most valuable member of our team, believe me.
• Mary is very unpopular because she's so full of herself.
• ‘he'd always been very full of himself’
• Ken can be a little full of himself. He believes that his way is the only way because he considers himself to be the best in his field, whether he actually is or not.
• The new boss was unpopular, because he was so full of himself when he told us how successful he was.

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Question of the Day #523

"But, when he found out they had the option to reopen for in-person classes, Richardson got together with his other franchise locations to figure out a plan."

From the third paragraph of this article at Houstonia.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 計算して合計［答え］を出す、算定する、〔答えを〕見つけ出す
2. ～であると分かる
3. 〔原因などを〕解き明かす、解明する
4. 理解する、把握する
5. 考え出す、考え付く、見当がつく
6. 〔問題などの〕原因［解決法］が分かる

このイディオムは、一般的で多くの意味があります。問題文の場合は、5番が適切でしょう。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. DISCOVER, DETERMINE
2. SOLVE, FATHOM

Examples

• try to figure out a way to do it
• If they know the cause of the problem, they might be able to figure out how to prevent it happening again.
• We had to figure out the connection between the two events.
• They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation.
• I'm trying to figure out a way to make this work.

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