Reader's Digest、7月号の "Are You Normal or Nuts?" と題された記事からの抜粋です。
For this year's installment of Normal or Nuts? we received a torrent of questions from readers who courageously described their various phobias, foibles, and out-there habits.
"out-there habits" とはどんな癖でしょうか？ "out-there" で辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: Slang (out-there when prenominal) unconventional or eccentric; he blends sublime pop moments with some real out-there stuff
・Urban Dictionary:
1. crazy; mentally deranged; scatter-brained, loony.
2. so extremely individualistic so as to appear mentally unstable.
3. Not conforming to mores, accepted norms, or standards.
I tried to reason with Chris, but he's out there.
・Word-nik
Beijing tolerated Pyongyang's out-there behavior because both countries were part of a larger communist bloc, the Cold War in Asia required clear allegiances, and at times North Korea was useful as a cat's paw to swipe at the United States and its allies.
Well, I hope I don't have an out-there habit.
For this year's installment of Normal or Nuts? we received a torrent of questions from readers who courageously described their various phobias, foibles, and out-there habits.
"out-there habits" とはどんな癖でしょうか？ "out-there" で辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: Slang (out-there when prenominal) unconventional or eccentric; he blends sublime pop moments with some real out-there stuff
・Urban Dictionary:
1. crazy; mentally deranged; scatter-brained, loony.
2. so extremely individualistic so as to appear mentally unstable.
3. Not conforming to mores, accepted norms, or standards.
I tried to reason with Chris, but he's out there.
・Word-nik
Beijing tolerated Pyongyang's out-there behavior because both countries were part of a larger communist bloc, the Cold War in Asia required clear allegiances, and at times North Korea was useful as a cat's paw to swipe at the United States and its allies.
Well, I hope I don't have an out-there habit.
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