Question of the Day #1011

Road To UFC 2 Quarterfinals 2 results, highlights: Fighter scores gnarly elbow KO

From the headline of this article at MMA Mania.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈米俗〉非常に良い、すごい、素晴らしい◆【類】gross; grody; excellent; good; terrific
2. 〈米俗〉非常に悪い、ひどい
3. 〔木・枝などが〕節くれ立った
4. 〔指などが〕ごつごつした
5. ＝ gnarled

日本語でも見られる現象ですが、1番の訳と2番の訳は正反対の意味なので、意味は文脈から読み取るしかありません。
問題の見出しの場合、Fighter scores gnarly elbow KO（選手が、肘打ちのKOで勝つ）なので、この場合は1番（「素晴らしい」）が適訳でしょう。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. GNARLED
2. slang: very bad: such as              
                
   1. very difficult or challenging to deal with
                
   2. NASTY, UNPLEASANT
                
   3. arousing disgust or distaste : GROSS
                
3. slang: COOL, EXCELLENT

 

Examples

• The live album has some gnarly guitar riffs and sweet bass lines.
• Expect anything from firm, packed roads to gnarly switchbacks on narrow trails.
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• After initially wiping out on the left wave, [Filipe] Toledo responded with a gnarly air reverse on the right and was rewarded with a 9.27. —Hanford Sentinel
• He played in the NFL, but then got bored with football and became a FBI agent. He was a gnarly dude. —Reece Kelley Graham
• The guitar solo took a gnarly, upward tack before everything dropped out, leaving Kent’s vocal fully exposed to launch the final chorus. —Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 July 2023

   

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Question of the Day #1010

Uptown Columbus puts on 'Wild Goose Chase' for the city

From the headline of this article at WTVM.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

得られぬものを追い求めること、骨折り損、無駄な追跡［探求・おいかけっこ］、無駄足を運ぶこと、無駄骨を折ること、途方もない［見込みのない］計画［企て・企画・話］

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a complicated or lengthy and usually fruitless pursuit or search

 

語源

英辞郎によると、

野生のガンを捕まえることが大変な割に得られたものの価値が低いことから。最初にこの表現が使われたシェークスピアの「ロメオとジュリエット」では、ガンの動きをまねた一種の追いかけっこを指しており「相手（の無意味な動き）について行く」という意味で使われていた。2頭の馬を使うこのゲームでは、後ろの馬は先頭の馬を追い抜くまで、一定の距離を置いて先頭の馬の動きをそのまままねなければならなかった。しかし、この表現はシェークスピアの時代でもガンを捕まえることの苦労を指していたと考えられており、18世紀のSamuel Johnsonの辞書では現在の意味になっている。

 

Etymology

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary,

"pursuit of anything in ignorance of the direction it will take," hence "a foolish enterprise," 1592, first attested in "Romeo and Juliet," where it evidently is a figurative use of an earlier (but unrecorded) literal sense in reference to a kind of follow-the-leader steeplechase, perhaps from one of the "crazy, silly" senses in goose (n.). Wild goose (as opposed to a domesticated one) is attested in late Old English (wilde gos).

   

Examples

• After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we were on a wild goose chase.
• These errors had two fatal consequences. The most obvious was that a number of engines and dozens of firefighters were sent on a wild-goose chase and did not get to the fire for many minutes. — Jim Murphy
• The United States is weeks away from defaulting on its debt, but the GOP is apparently more concerned with wild-goose chases. —Tori Otten, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
• The idea is to avoid sending patients on a wild-goose chase, since many pharmacies received only 20 Paxlovid treatment courses. — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
• People might well have argued that it was a waste of money to send Christopher Columbus on a wild goose chase.
MAN ON THE MOON | THE DAILY BEAST | JULY 19, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

   

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Question of the Day #1009

"You're not nineteen forever, pull yourself together
I know it seems strange but things, they change"

From the 5th paragraph of this article at RadioX.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

立ち直る、自分を取り戻す、更正する

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To calm oneself down and begin to think or act appropriately.

 

Examples

• I know you're stressed out, but you need to pull yourself together and get this report done!
• I hope she pulls herself together soon. We need her to be focused.
• It was only a minor accident, but the driver couldn't seem to pull himself together
• Now try to pull yourself together and get through this crisis.
• I'll be ready to leave as soon as I pull myself together.

   

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Question of the Day #1008

5 WAYS TO BECOME TOUGH AS NAILS

From the headline of this article at Issuu.com.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

不屈［筋金入り］の、強靱な［いかつい・筋金入りの］

Toughの代わりにhardでも同じ意味です。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Having great strength of body, mind, or will.

 

Examples

• She is a warm and friendly person, but she is also as tough as nails at work.
• When she's negotiating a contract, she can be as tough as nails.
• Bert is as tough as nails, so get him to help you move all this furniture!
• Larry is tough as nails once he sets his sights on something, so good luck getting him to change course now.
• Because of their military heritage, the best aviator sunglasses are also tough as nails and will withstand daily wear and tear in a sturdy construction of high-quality materials. —Maverick Li, Men's Health, 11 July 2023

   

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Question of the Day #1007

Intel agencies just ‘scratching the surface’ on open source initiatives

From the headline of this article at the Federal News Network.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔物の〕表面を引っかく、表面に傷を付ける
2. 〈比喩〉上っ面をなでる、表面的に論じる
3. 〔研究・学習などを〕ほんの少し学ぶ［かじる］
4. 〔やるべきことの〕始まりにすぎない

問題の見出しの場合は、4番目が適訳だと思います。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To do, engage with, or understand something to only a minimal or superficial degree.

 

Examples

• All the payments we’ve made have hardly scratched the surface of the amount we borrowed.
• We have barely begun to scratch the surface of the possibilities of new technology.
• So far, we have only scratched the surface of the information available on this topic.
• I know you feel like you know everything about philosophy now, but this introductory course only scratches the surface.
• We don't know how bad the problem is. We've only scratched the surface.

   

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Question of the Day #1006

Pillar Two Proves to Be a Hard Pill to Swallow for Latin America

From the headline of this article at Bloomberg Tax.

  上記の文で、a hard pill to swallowの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "a hard pill to swallow" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

心の折り合いをつけるのが難しい事柄、苦い経験、つらい事実◆【類】bitter pill to swallow

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Something, especially a fact or piece of news, that is unpleasant or difficult but which is unavoidable or must be accepted.

 

Examples

• It was a hard pill to swallow learning that my father's fortune had been squandered.
• Her recent breakup with Janet was a hard pill to swallow.
• Not getting into my top choice college was a hard pill to swallow, that's for sure.
• “All games that you lose are a hard pill to swallow and upsetting and all that. But we were in command of this game for almost 36 minutes and we weren’t able to close it out.” –Washington Post
• “It’s tough to understand how you can serve your country one way, and you’re not good enough to be in the country another way. That’s a hard pill to swallow,” said Raymond Wilson, another Tuskegee Airman, in “Veterans of Color.” –New York Daily News

   

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Question of the Day #1005

Netflix’s new road-rage series Beef gives leading man Steven Yeun a lot to chew on

From the headline of this article at The Globe and Mail.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. ～をかむ［かじる・口にくわえる・かみしめる］
2. ～をとくと［じっくり］考える、～を熟考［沈思］する

もちろん、問題の見出しの意味は2番です。


   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

1. Literally, to bite or gnaw on something.
2. To contemplate something.

 

Examples

• Here is an idea for you to chew on.
• I've been chewing on this job offer for days, but I still haven't made a decision.
• I chewed on the question for a full minute before answering.
• This documentary certainly offers much to chew on.
• 'Chew on that, tubby!'.

   

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