Question of the Day #716

Much as Bibi Andersson gave a brief and thrilling performance as Kate’s counterpart in the Bergman original, Beharie is on fire here.

From the 8th paragraph of this article at AV Club.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 火がついて、燃えて、火事になって
2. 〔人が〕熱狂的になって

の訳しかなく、一つ目は明らかに違って、二つ目もしっくりこない。

したがって、下記The Free Dictionaryのイディオムとしての定義をみましょう。

1. 文字通り、燃えている
2. 強い燃えているような感じ
3. 大変熱心に・巧みに・首尾よく仕事・演技等をこなす
4. 多変セクシー・魅力的

この中の三番目が適訳でしょう。

Answer

According to :

1. Literally, aflame.
2. Having an intense burning sensation.
3. Performing very enthusiastically, adeptly, or successfully.
4. Extremely sexy or attractive.

The third definition is the obvious choice.

Examples

• Damon won 5 games in a row. He was on fire!
• Jill's new book is really on fire. Everyone is buying it.
• Fred is on fire in his new job. He'll get promoted in no time.
• The team has been on fire lately, winning 11 of its last 12 games.
• I was worried that Sarah wouldn't be able to handle the advanced math class that we moved her into, but she's been on fire this whole semester.

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Question of the Day #715

Ahhh Yeah, i'm back now
Yeah, i'm back now (Ketchup on this hot dog!)
Yeah, Show me the Bread

From the lyrics of Show Me the Bread by Mix Master Ketchup.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によるとbreadの一つの意味は、

〈俗〉金、銭

したがって、Show me the bread.は、「銭を見せろ」になります。
また、breadには、「生計（手段）」という意味もありますので、そこから「金、銭」のスラングになったと思われます。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster, the slang meaning of bread is:

Money

So, that should make "Show me the bread" easy enough to understand.

Examples

• There's not a living soul in Colorado who doesn't depend for his bread on silver.
• When it comes to gettin bread i got em keys to da bakery.
• "Dude! I just got some more bread today!"
• He's bringin in the bread yo.

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Question of the Day #714

This is part of what Gary Grammling wrote (presumably tongue in cheek): “I’m doing what no one else in this industry has the courage to do: picking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl and Patrick Mahomes to win MVP.

From the 4th paragraph from the end of this article at The Kansas City Star.

上記の文で、tongue in cheek (tongue-in-cheek)の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "tongue in cheek" (or tongue-in-cheek) mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

からかい半分に、皮肉を込めて

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.

Examples

• He said that he was a huge fan of the president, although I suspect it was tongue in cheek.
• Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.
• He made some tongue-in-cheek comment about being very busy cleaning his house.
• This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear.
• Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?

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Question of the Day #713

Code of conduct for committee of creditors in the works: MCA Secretary

From the headline of this article at The Hindu Business Line.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米話〉進行中で、予定されて、準備中で、製作［制作］中で

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

In progress; being completed or implemented.

Examples

• He said there were dozens of economic plans in the works.
• Nobody should be surprised by this. It's been in the works for some time.
• "Something big was in the works that Gabe should clear the decks for." Elizabeth Lowell THIS TIME LOVE
• We've got a few projects in the works, but nothing I can discuss publicly just yet.
• I have some ideas in the works that you might be interested in.

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Question of the Day #712

Coaches are not going to admit they cut a player over vaccination status at this point, unless they go rogue like Meyer did without realizing it.

From the 5th paragraph from the end of this article at Yardbarker.

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

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意味：
go rogueは、Question of the Day #710のrogueの動詞句ですが、オンライン英和辞典に掲載されていません。しかし、英辞郎のrogueの形容詞の意味を見ると、

〔人が孤立して〕自分勝手に行動する、面倒を起こす

の訳があります。これと、下記英語の定義から考えると、


通常のルール等を逸脱して自分勝手や危険な行動をとる

が適当ではないかと思います。

CIAやFBIで実際にこのような行動をとる人がいるかどうかわかりませんが、映画やテレビのドラマではしばしばgo rogueは使われています。

Answer

According to Lexico:

Behave erratically or dangerously, especially by disregarding the rules or the usual way of doing something.

Examples

• ‘leaders going rogue at press conferences can mean you have a serious problem’
• The priest joked that he wrote his sermons not to interest the worshipful, but to rebuke those who were tempted to go rogue.
• 1997 N.Y. Mag. 22 Sept. 33/1 "Will we be able to prevent what happened in the three-oh, a whole precinct going rogue?"
• 2008 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Nov. e16 "He might go rogue and start killing..indiscriminately in hopes of dispatching the truly guilty."
• A Special Forces unit had gone rogue and was trying to free the hostage.

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Question of the Day #711

The fancy-pants answer is a variety of villains who represent the myriad facets of the hero's psyche.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at Looper.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉気取った

気づいた方もいると思いますが、これは前回のQuestion of the Day #710の問題文の次の文です。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

overly elegant or refined: LA-DI-DA

Examples

• I'd rather go to a ball game than another one of your fancy-pants corporate events.
• We don't need a fancy-pants vacuum, we just need one that can suck up dirt.
• Two decades ago, she moved to Massachusetts to become what she called a "fancy-pants professor at Harvard."
• Could Joe Biden's long-term skepticism of the newfangled, fancy-pants counterinsurgency techniques favored by retired General Petraeus now get traction?
• For the frugal-minded readers, the total cost of all the ingredients I used (including the same fancy-pants olive oil I made the mix with) came out to $4.21CDN.

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Question of the Day #710

What makes a great rogues gallery?

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at Looper.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. いたずらっ子、わんぱく小僧
2. 悪漢、ごろつき、悪党、不良、ならず者、詐欺師
3. 〔動植物の〕劣性変異、不良品種
4. 放浪者、路上生活者、ホームレス、宿なし

問題文の場合は、二番目の訳になります。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. VAGRANT, TRAMP
2. a dishonest or worthless person : SCOUNDREL
3. a mischievous person : SCAMP
4. a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave
5. an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation

Examples

• For all that, he is benevolent and kind, neither rogue nor scoundrel.
• To the antebellum rogue, the city's gigantic web of secrets held unlimited financial rewards, if only it could be interpreted properly.
• Mr Ward wasn't a rogue at all.
• Many of the vagabonds were rogues and cheaters of various kinds, and formed a subcommunity on the fringes of official society. — Charles Barber, Early Modern English, 1976
• Cartier decided that the two boys were a choice pair of rogues who would probably try to run him aground if taken as pilots, and that he would dispense with their services. — Samuel Eliot Morison, The European Discovery of America, 1971

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