Question of the Day #900

India: Third Time's The Charm? Unpacking The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022

From the headline of this article at Mondaq.

  上記の文で、third time's the charmの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "third time's the charm" mean?

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解答

意味：
Weblioによると、

三度目の正直

Do you think the third time will be the charm?のような使い方もあります。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

The belief or hope that the third attempt at something will be successful. Primarily heard in US.

   

Examples

• I've failed this test twice already, so hopefully the third time's the charm.
• A: "Try turning the generator on again." B: "OK, here we go. Third time's the charm!"
• “Our goal is third time’s the charm, but it’s one game at a time.” (The Journal Gazette)
• Hopefully, the third time’s the charm, and this go-around will have more staying power than the last. (The Shepherd Express)
• American Thinker’s Doris O’Brien opines today that Clinton does have the hope “that through some third-time’s-the-charm magic she could at last realize her dream of becoming the first female president of the United States.” (The New American)

   

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Question of the Day #899

When hell freezes over: Russia’s Arctic ambitions

From the headline of this article at The Hill.

  上記の文で、when hell freezes overの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "when hell freezes over" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

決して～ない◆【直訳】地獄が凍り付いたら ⇒ 地獄は炎でいっぱいで決して凍り付くことはない ⇒ 決して～ない

Not till hell freezes overやIt will be a cold day in hell (when ~)も同じ意味で使います。
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

used to say that one thinks that something will never happen

   

Examples

• I'll apologize when hell freezes over.
• Bob, our family will relinquish control of this company to you when hell freezes over.
• It'll be when hell freezes over before that clown is allowed to run this great state of ours!
• ‘They might give you a pay rise soon.’ ‘Yeah, right. When hell freezes over!’
• “It will be a cold day in hell when I trust her again.”

   

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Question of the Day #898

Costume designer Alex Bovaird quite frankly nailed it.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at the Robb Report.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉〔特定の行為・作業などを〕完璧［見事］にやってのける、〔主語のアクションなどが〕（完璧に）決ま‚é

下記英語の定義2にあるように、ユーモラスに皮肉として使用することもあります。（下記例文5参照。）
 

Answer

According to :

1. To succeed at something in a particularly impressive way.
2. To do something perfectly or accurately. This phrase is often used humorously to describe failures.

   

Examples

• It was only her second or third audition – and she nailed it. - The Guardian (2016)
• And then you nailed it in the final. - The Guardian (2017)
• Her presentation for the CEO went really well. She totally nailed it!
• A: "How was your interview today?" B: "Nailed it."
• When I showed my friend a picture of the cake I was trying to bake, alongside my sad excuse for a replica, she started laughing and said, "Nailed it!"

   

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Question of the Day #897

Keeping Up With The Joneses: Is Your AI Fast Enough?

From the headline of this article at Forbes.

  上記の文で、keeping up with the Jonesesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "keeping up with the Joneses" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

最新の流行を追う、隣人と張り合う、世間に後れを取らない

   

Answer

According to Academic.com:

"Keeping up with the Joneses" is a popular catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. It refers to the desire to be seen as being as good as one's neighbours or contemporaries using the comparative benchmarks of social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority.

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

米国の漫画家Arthur R. Momand（アーサー・R・モーマンド）が1913年から28年間新聞に連載した漫画のタイトル「Keeping Up with the Joneses」から。モーマンド氏は、妻Jenniferと共にロングアイランドに引っ越して隣人と見えを張り合った経験を漫画にした。漫画に登場する隣人の名前にはアメリカで一般的なJonesを使い、タイトルを「ジョーンズ家のやつらに負けるな」とした。

 

Etymology

According to Academic.com,

The origin of this phrase is rooted in the popular comic strip of the same name created by cartoonist Arthur R. "Pop" Momand. [According to "The Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson] The strip debuted in 1916 in the "New York World", but strips appear in collections dated as early as April 1, 1913. The strip ran in American newspapers for 28 years, and was eventually adapted into books, films, and musical comedies. The "Joneses" of the title were neighbors of the strip's main characters, and were spoken of but never actually seen in person.

   

Examples

• Many people were holding down three jobs just to keep up with the Joneses.
• Her mother was very keen on keeping up with the Joneses, and through much of her teens Linda accepted what she now calls `these false values'.
• A: "Why did she buy such an expensive car?" B: "Well, she lives in a wealthy part of town—I bet she just wants to keep up with the Joneses."
• Of course, in this desperate attempt to keep up with the Joneses, they are all the more likely to end up poor.
• First the Smiths got a swimming pool, and now their neighbours, the Sinclairs, are building one. It’s silly the way people always have to keep up with the Joneses.

   

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Question of the Day #896

It’s become incumbent upon us to call the person with the pronounced Adam’s Apple and 5:00 o’clock shadow “Mary,” if that’s what he (I mean she) demands.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at Broad + Liberty.

  上記の文で、Adam's appleの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "Adam's apple" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

喉仏

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the projection in the front of the neck formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx

 

語源

Very Well Healthによると、

Adam's appleは、聖書やユダヤ・キリスト教に由来する。聖書では、最初の人間だったアダムはエデンの園で禁じられたリンゴを食べた時に、そのリンゴが喉に詰まったとされている。

 

Etymology

According to Very Well Health,

The term Adam’s apple is rooted in the Bible and Judeo-Christian history. According to a Bible story, Adam, the first man, ate the forbidden apple in the Garden of Eden. When he did so, the apple became stuck in his throat.

   

Examples

• Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat.
• The Adam’s Apple is considered a secondary sexual characteristic, meaning it typically develops differently for males and females, with males developing more prominent examples.
• The Adam's apple, or larynx cartilage, gets bigger.
• The Adam's apple is visible in boys but is hardly visible in girls.

   

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Question of the Day #895

Scottie Scheffler Provides ‘TMI’ and Explains His ‘Excruciatingly Painful’ Bu** Crack Injury

From the headline of this article at Essentially Sports.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

[インターネット略] = too much information (情報が多過ぎて混乱状態だ)

下記英語の定義にあるように「特に、個人的な情報を公にした場合に注意として使われることが多い」
 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

Too much information
(used especially to suggest that someone has revealed personal information that would better be kept private)

   

Examples

• Some of her [Twitter] followers deemed the disclosures inappropriate and chimed in with judgmental, sarcastic responses such as "TMI" and "Yikes." - Anna Holmes
• Her pregnancy updates are TMI.
• In a true moment of TMI, Dash shared with Williams her penchant for sleeping with potential husbands on the first date.
- WHY STACEY DASH’S LOOKS—NOT HER RACE—MATTER IN HER ROMNEY ENDORSEMENT|ALLISON SAMUELS|OCTOBER 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
• I needed to go to the bathroom very badly—sorry, TMI!
• Facebook users who over-share often get accused of “TMI,” or “too much information.” - THE 'WHERE'S WALDO' BANK ROBBER|WINSTON ROSS|SEPTEMBER 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST

   

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Question of the Day #894

She lost her conviction appeal and spent three days in the slammer but refused to do the community service part.

From the 2nd paragraph of this article at the Santa Monica Daily Press.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉刑務所◆通例、the slammer

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

JAIL, PRISON

   

Examples

• He's doing five to ten years in the slammer.
• She emerged from the slammer on Tuesday morning after serving 23 days for drink-driving offences.
• He was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in the slammer. - Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
• The charges are much steeper this time though, and John must call in a favor to ensure Summer doesn't spend most of her life in the slammer. - Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• Others involved in the investigation who took a plea deal were only put in the slammer for five to seven years. - Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021

   

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