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ride roughshod over

2013年10月24日 | 英語学習
Hopes Prospectsをまだ読み終えていませんが、Reader's Digestを読んでいる内に次ぎの予約者がいるので一旦返却しなければならなくなり、読書を中断せざるを得ませんでした。つなぎに又、How To Win Friends and Influence Peopleを読んでいます。
Letting one save face! How important, how vitally important that is! And how few of us ever stop to think of it! We ride roughshod over the feelings of others, getting our own way, finding fault, issuing threats, criticizing a child or an employee in front of others, without even considering the hurt to the other person's pride.
"ride roughshod over" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: to domineer over or act with complete disregard for: MOBILE phone companies ride roughshod over local protests against masts in densely populated areas, including near school playgrounds.
・Oxford English Dictionary: carry out one’s own plans or wishes with arrogant disregard for (someone or something): he rode roughshod over everyone else’s opinions
"ride roughshod over" の他に、動詞に "run" を使う "run roughshod over" とも言うようだ。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to act without caring how you will affect someone or something: He ran roughshod over his employees when he thought they weren't working hard enough.
他者への思いやりとか気配りは大切な事ですよね。
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