TODAY MATTERSのToday's FINANCES Give Me Optionsの章にあった文章です。
Orman has her critics. Some say her approach to money is too simplistic. Others don't care for some of her off-the-wall opinions. But one thing is for sure. She has settled the financial issue in her life. She earns and properly manages her finances daily. It doesn't really matter how much money she has. She lives modestly. She drives an older car. And when she's not in New York, she lives in a tiny modest house in Oakland that she bought before she became a household name. But she has many options. And that's a good measure of success when it comes to finance.
"off-the-shelf" は良く見聞きする言葉で意味も知っていますが、"off-the-wall" は初めて見る表現です。 早速辞書で調べます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual ("His off-the-wall antics")
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: highly unusual : bizarre off-the-wall
・Collins English Dictionary: slang (off the wall when postpositive) new or unexpected in an unconventional or eccentric way: an off-the-wall approach to humour
最後に引用した辞書の注に語源について次ぎの記述がありました。
possibly from the use of the phrase in handball and squash to describe a shot that is unexpected
スカッシュはやった事はありませんが知っているので納得できます。 でも中学生の時にやった事のあるハンドボールは校庭でしたので壁は関係なさそうですが？
Orman has her critics. Some say her approach to money is too simplistic. Others don't care for some of her off-the-wall opinions. But one thing is for sure. She has settled the financial issue in her life. She earns and properly manages her finances daily. It doesn't really matter how much money she has. She lives modestly. She drives an older car. And when she's not in New York, she lives in a tiny modest house in Oakland that she bought before she became a household name. But she has many options. And that's a good measure of success when it comes to finance.
"off-the-shelf" は良く見聞きする言葉で意味も知っていますが、"off-the-wall" は初めて見る表現です。 早速辞書で調べます。
・OneLook Quick Definitions: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual ("His off-the-wall antics")
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: highly unusual : bizarre off-the-wall
・Collins English Dictionary: slang (off the wall when postpositive) new or unexpected in an unconventional or eccentric way: an off-the-wall approach to humour
最後に引用した辞書の注に語源について次ぎの記述がありました。
possibly from the use of the phrase in handball and squash to describe a shot that is unexpected
スカッシュはやった事はありませんが知っているので納得できます。 でも中学生の時にやった事のあるハンドボールは校庭でしたので壁は関係なさそうですが？
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