Question of the Day #1098

At the start of your project, seek to gain clarity around your manager’s expectations, important deadlines, specific goals you need to hit within those time frames, and any important stakeholders you need to keep in the loop along the way.

From the 16th paragraph of this article at the Harvard Business Review.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

（人）に最新情報を絶えず［常に］伝える［提供する］、最新情報を（人）と絶えず［常に］共有する

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To keep someone informed about and/or involved in something, such as a plan or project, especially that which involves or pertains to a specific group.

   

Examples

• Could you keep me in the loop, Sam?
• Well, we shall keep you in the loop about any other developments.
• Support, the world's most widely used design data format, allowing you to keep everyone in the loop at all times.
• This allows you to easily keep many correspondents in the loop on the status of a case, and ensure that replies are appropriate for each customer.
• We've hired a new intern to help you with data entry, so be sure to keep her in the loop about the project.

   

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Question of the Day #1097

Law Firms Offer Income Partners ‘Skin in the Game’ With Partial Equity Status

From the headline of this article at Law.com.

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈話〉成果を得るための投資、個人的な関与◆企業などで高い地位にいる者が事業を成功させるために自費をつぎ込んだりすることを指す

上記の説明にある「高い地位にいる者」を気にすることはないと思います。普通の人でも、何かに自分の利害が絡んでいる場合に使用できるイディオムです。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To have a personal investment, usually monetary, in the pursuit of some goal or achievement, especially in business and finance.

 

Examples

• If you want to find a company that is truly motivated to succeed, find one where all the executives have skin in the game.
• If people have skin in the game, preventable costs fall.
• A debate has been rumbling over how to ensure that lenders have more skin in the game.
• None of these guys have any skin in the game.
• Full disclosure, I have skin in this game.

   

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Question of the Day #1096

Jill Biden says she, president settle arguments by ‘fexting’

From the headline of this article at the Associated Press .

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

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意味：
英辞郎によると、

フェクスティング◆電子メールやSNSなどでテキストを送受信しながら人と口論すること。◆【語源】fighting + texting

   

Answer

According to Business Insider:

Fighting or arguing over text is also known as "fexting."

 

Examples

• Frequent arguments and disagreements between partners over text, also known as "fexting," have become commonplace because of the convenience and ease of expressing your thoughts with text messages.
• If you’re the first lady, then having an argument with the US president via text message (or “fexting”, as Jill Biden called it) might keep marital disputes private from the Secret Service, but relationship experts have warned it could make things worse. [The Guardian, June 2022]
• Oftentimes, fexting also involves accusations, blame, and negative emotions conveyed via text because you’re unable to communicate in person, Lee says.
• Fexting is not the most effective means for hashing it out with your partner.
• Is fexting a modern way to handle conflict that enables all parties to sit with their thoughts, or are we really just devolving, losing the ability to resolve conflict because ghosting and blocking are easier than confrontation?

   

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Question of the Day #1095

Recently, a controversy around Jim Martin, the company’s executive chair and former president (his son Tony is now president), and his family have consumers questioning which side the brand’s bread is buttered on.

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

  上記の文で、(know) which side one's bread is buttered (on)の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "(know) which side one's bread is buttered (on)" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 何［だれ］が自分に役立つか知っている
2. 利害に敏感である

一般的に、このイディオムはknowから始まってknow which side one's bread is buttered onになりますが、問題の見出しのように他の動詞に変更することも可能です。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to know how to act or how to treat others in order to get what one wants

 

Examples

• He pretends to be impartial, but believe me, he knows which side his bread is buttered on.
• These chaps know what side their bread's buttered on.
• https://grammarist.com/idiom/know-which-side-your-bread-is-buttered-on/
• Democratic demographer Ruy Teixeira has a more prosaic explanation: “Not only are the police likely to vote Republican but the union is the mechanism to mobilize them… It’s about knowing which side your bread is buttered on.” (The Week Magazine)
• John gave his boss a gift last week because he knows which side his bread is buttered.

   

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Question of the Day #1094

Opinion: Asheville has much bigger fish to fry, but panhandling changes are better than doing nothing

From the headline of this article at the Asheville Watchdog.

  上記の文で、bigger fish to fryの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bigger fish to fry" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔取り組む必要がある〕もっと大切な用事［大きな仕事］◆【参考】have bigger fish to fry

   

Answer

According to The Idioms:

1. to have other, more important things to do.
2. to not be interested in something because there are more significant things to accomplish instead.
3. It is used when there are other things to worry about than that person and their pettiness.

 

Examples

• It's really not worth my time. I've got bigger fish to fry!
• I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has bigger fish to fry right now.
• I asked Bob to help me out on this project, but he said he had bigger fish to fry right now.
• I’m afraid I had bigger fish to fry, so I didn’t investigate it in great detail.
• Sorry, I can’t chat right now; I’ve got bigger fish to fry.

   

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Question of the Day #1093

Turning to the thousands of messages of support he's received, he said: "Once I'd spoken about it, you get it off your chest and realise that everyone's behind you."

From the 6th paragraph of this article at ITN News.

  上記の文で、get it (something) off your (one's) chestの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "get it (something) off your (one's) chest" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〔問題・悩み・考え・感情などを〕打ち明けてさっぱりする［胸のつかえを下ろす・心を軽くする・心の重荷を下ろす］、言いたいことを思い切って言う、自分の言い分を言う、鬱憤を晴らす◆【直訳】胸の中にある悩みなどを胸(chest)から離した(off)状態にする(get)

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to tell someone about (something that has been making one upset or unhappy)

 

Examples

• You've been a little cold to me lately. Is there something you'd like to get off your chest?
• I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off my chest.
• I thought these meetings would help the kids get some of their worries off their chests.
• People are able to get things off their chest in these meetings.
• I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.

   

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Question of the Day #1092

Downtown Austin foot traffic lags behind pre-pandemic levels

From the headline of this article at Axios.

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

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

歩行者［徒歩での］交通、客の出足

「客の出足」はいいと思いますが、一般的な訳としては「歩行者」でいいと思います。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

people walking: pedestrian activity

 

Examples

• The downtown area is being redesigned for foot traffic only.
• Foot traffic at stores across the country has declined this year.
• This evergreen ground cover features dark green foliage that can handle foot traffic and being planted under trees. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
• Plus, it’s made of a durable material that’s designed to hold up in areas that get a lot of foot traffic. —Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
• Store managers will designate self-checkout lanes' hours based on foot traffic patterns, Target added. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024

   

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