"TODAY MATTERS" by John C. Maxwellにあった表現です。
Being positive with people prompts them to be positive with you --and individuals who interact well with others have a leg up on people who don't. I can't think of legitimate criticism of positive thinking. It's all good.
"leg up" は今年の７月３日に取り上げた慣用句で "1 an act of helping someone to mount a horse or high object. 2 a boost to improve one’s position."(COED)ような意味がある事をとりげましたが、上の文での意味はちょっとその意味ではないようなので "have a leg up on " で再度意味を調べます。
・Cambridge Idiom Dictionary: to have an advantage over someone else; She probably has a leg up on the other applicants for the job because she has more experience.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal: Fig. an advantage that someone else does not have. (*Typically: get/have/give a leg up on someone) I have a leg up on Walter when it comes to getting around town, since I have a car.; I want to practice indoors all winter and get a leg up on Ken, since he thinks he can beat me at tennis.
大抵の事はポジティブの方がネガティブより良い場合が多いのは確かなので、"Positive thinking has a leg up on negative thinking." と言えるでしょうね。
Being positive with people prompts them to be positive with you --and individuals who interact well with others have a leg up on people who don't. I can't think of legitimate criticism of positive thinking. It's all good.
"leg up" は今年の７月３日に取り上げた慣用句で "1 an act of helping someone to mount a horse or high object. 2 a boost to improve one’s position."(COED)ような意味がある事をとりげましたが、上の文での意味はちょっとその意味ではないようなので "have a leg up on " で再度意味を調べます。
・Cambridge Idiom Dictionary: to have an advantage over someone else; She probably has a leg up on the other applicants for the job because she has more experience.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal: Fig. an advantage that someone else does not have. (*Typically: get/have/give a leg up on someone) I have a leg up on Walter when it comes to getting around town, since I have a car.; I want to practice indoors all winter and get a leg up on Ken, since he thinks he can beat me at tennis.
大抵の事はポジティブの方がネガティブより良い場合が多いのは確かなので、"Positive thinking has a leg up on negative thinking." と言えるでしょうね。
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