THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNの一節です。
When he had got out on the shed, he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him; and when I reckoned he was gone, he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and lick me if I didn't drop that.
この文の "lick" は "なめる"では無く "殴る" 意味だと思いますが、"lay for me" が分からないので辞書を引きます。
・Dictionary.com: lay for, Informal. to wait for in order to attack or surprise; lie in wait for: The police are laying for him.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: lay for someone or something; to lie in wait for someone or something. The sheriff was laying for the outlaw. Bill was laying for me when I came out of the saloon.
"lay for" が "lie in wait for" の意味から来ていると説明されると良く分かるのですが、私には "lay" と "lie" の関係、区別、使い訳が頭の中で混乱して来ます。 深く考えず、似たようなものだで済ますことにします。もちろん活用形は受験時代に覚えたはずですが。
When he had got out on the shed, he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him; and when I reckoned he was gone, he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and lick me if I didn't drop that.
この文の "lick" は "なめる"では無く "殴る" 意味だと思いますが、"lay for me" が分からないので辞書を引きます。
・Dictionary.com: lay for, Informal. to wait for in order to attack or surprise; lie in wait for: The police are laying for him.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: lay for someone or something; to lie in wait for someone or something. The sheriff was laying for the outlaw. Bill was laying for me when I came out of the saloon.
"lay for" が "lie in wait for" の意味から来ていると説明されると良く分かるのですが、私には "lay" と "lie" の関係、区別、使い訳が頭の中で混乱して来ます。 深く考えず、似たようなものだで済ますことにします。もちろん活用形は受験時代に覚えたはずですが。
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