HUCKLEBERRY FINNもやっと終わりに近づいてきました。
And then I went on and told her all what I told Uncle Silas before; and then she said she'd forgive us, and maybe it was all right enough anyway, and about what a body might expect of boys, for all boys was a pretty harum-scarum lot as fur as she could see; and so, as long as no harm hadn't come of it, she judged she better put in her time being grateful we was alive and well and she had us still, stead of fretting over what was past and done.
オノマトペの様な "harum-scarum" が気になります。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: cheerfully irresponsible ("Had a harum-scarum youth"); in a wild or reckless manner ("Dashing harum-scarum all over the place")
・Dictionary.com: reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.; recklessly; wildly: He ran harum-scarum all over the place.
Online Etymology: 1674, probably a compound of obsolete hare "harry" + scare, with 'um as a reduced form of them.
確かに、HUCKもTOMも "harum-scarum" そのものです。
And then I went on and told her all what I told Uncle Silas before; and then she said she'd forgive us, and maybe it was all right enough anyway, and about what a body might expect of boys, for all boys was a pretty harum-scarum lot as fur as she could see; and so, as long as no harm hadn't come of it, she judged she better put in her time being grateful we was alive and well and she had us still, stead of fretting over what was past and done.
オノマトペの様な "harum-scarum" が気になります。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: cheerfully irresponsible ("Had a harum-scarum youth"); in a wild or reckless manner ("Dashing harum-scarum all over the place")
・Dictionary.com: reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.; recklessly; wildly: He ran harum-scarum all over the place.
Online Etymology: 1674, probably a compound of obsolete hare "harry" + scare, with 'um as a reduced form of them.
確かに、HUCKもTOMも "harum-scarum" そのものです。
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