Japan Times OnlineのOct.14の記事タイトル "Abe faces tall order in extra Diet session" に使われている表現 "tall order" を採り上げます。
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get 53 days to pass a host of critical economic and defense bills when the extraordinary Diet session opens this ...
これ以上記事を読むまでもなく、阿部首相が色々な法律を議会を通すには多くの問題を抱えている事が分かるので "tall order" にはそのような意味がある事も容易に推測できます。この "tall" は "tall tale" などと同じで、背の高さの形容ではなく、「法外な」、「べらぼうな」の意味と共通していて、"order" は「注文」のままでも通じます。辞書に "tall order" の説明があるか見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: if something is a tall order it is very difficult ⇒ Financing your studies may be a tall order.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: a request that is difficult to fulfill. (Typically: be ~; give someone ~.) That's a tall order. Do you think anyone can do it? Well, it's a tall order, but I'll do it.
・Vocabulary.com: A tall order is a task or job that is difficult to carry out. For a bodybuilder, lifting 500 pounds is a tall order.
Some things in life are easy to do. Some can be done with a moderate amount of effort or skill. Others are tall orders: a tall order is hard to accomplish, and it might even be impossible. Getting 100 on a test is a tall order. In sports, winning a championship is a tall order. Getting into a school like Harvard is a tall order. People often say "That's a tall order!" when someone else asks for something unrealistic.
世の中は "tall orders" で溢れていますね。
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will get 53 days to pass a host of critical economic and defense bills when the extraordinary Diet session opens this ...
これ以上記事を読むまでもなく、阿部首相が色々な法律を議会を通すには多くの問題を抱えている事が分かるので "tall order" にはそのような意味がある事も容易に推測できます。この "tall" は "tall tale" などと同じで、背の高さの形容ではなく、「法外な」、「べらぼうな」の意味と共通していて、"order" は「注文」のままでも通じます。辞書に "tall order" の説明があるか見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: if something is a tall order it is very difficult ⇒ Financing your studies may be a tall order.
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: a request that is difficult to fulfill. (Typically: be ~; give someone ~.) That's a tall order. Do you think anyone can do it? Well, it's a tall order, but I'll do it.
・Vocabulary.com: A tall order is a task or job that is difficult to carry out. For a bodybuilder, lifting 500 pounds is a tall order.
Some things in life are easy to do. Some can be done with a moderate amount of effort or skill. Others are tall orders: a tall order is hard to accomplish, and it might even be impossible. Getting 100 on a test is a tall order. In sports, winning a championship is a tall order. Getting into a school like Harvard is a tall order. People often say "That's a tall order!" when someone else asks for something unrealistic.
世の中は "tall orders" で溢れていますね。
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