2021年4月12日 ~ Book8 Lesson24

＜今日の進捗＞
Book8 - 93 (If you saw a group of young people beating up another person so that he was black and blue all over, would you react and get involved?)

＜オリジナル回答＞
If, completely out of the blue, all the lights in the city went out, what would you think had happened?

If, completely out of the blue, all the lights in the city went out, I would think terrorism had happened.

What are the advantages of being a blue-collar worker?

The advantage of being a blue-collar worker is that you don’t often have to work overtime.

What do we mean by a red-letter day?

We mean the day when we celebrate something by a red-letter day.

If you noticed that your neighbor’s son was black and blue all over his body, what would you think the reason?

If I noticed that my neighbor’s son was black and blue all over his body, I would he was punched and kicked by his parents.
【解説】
puch and kick sbはsbに殴る蹴るの暴行を加えるという意味です。

＜単語・イディオム＞
out of the blue :

思い掛けなく、だしぬけに

paint the town red :

飲み歩いて大騒ぎをする、底抜けに騒ぐ

hold sb in high esteem : s

bを大いに尊重する

cat through the red tape :

お役所的手続をやめる、形式的手続をやめる

red herring :

人の注意をそらすもの

red rag to a bull :

（雄牛に赤布のように）怒りを挑発するもの、怒らせるもの

have green fingers :

園芸がうまい、園芸の才がある

a red-letter day :

祝日、祭日

butter up :

おだてる、ほめそやす

go/turn as white as a sheet : （

恐怖、病気などで）真っ青なになる、血の気が失せる

be black and blue all over :

全身あざだらけである

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