Reader's Digest 10月号の記事 'The Bear Who Came to Dinner' からの引用です。
At campsites, Bosco never tolerated long periods of relaxation and reflection, and true to my sucker form where animals are concerned, I babied his every whim.
"true to my sucker form" の個所が分かりません。辞書で調べると、"true to form" という慣用句があり、辞書には次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Being or behaving as expected.: Ultimately, and true to form, the woman is portrayed as the weaker sex
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: exactly as expected; following the usual pattern. (Often with running, as in the example.): As usual, John is late. At least he's running true to form.
では "my sucker" は何でしょう？ 辞書を見ると "sucker" にも色々な意味がありますが、ここでは次の意味だと思います。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (a sucker for) A person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing): I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it.: I'm such a sucker for romance.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to like something so much that you cannot refuse it or judge its real value: I have to confess I'm a sucker for musicals.
At campsites, Bosco never tolerated long periods of relaxation and reflection, and true to my sucker form where animals are concerned, I babied his every whim.
"true to my sucker form" の個所が分かりません。辞書で調べると、"true to form" という慣用句があり、辞書には次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Being or behaving as expected.: Ultimately, and true to form, the woman is portrayed as the weaker sex
・McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs: exactly as expected; following the usual pattern. (Often with running, as in the example.): As usual, John is late. At least he's running true to form.
では "my sucker" は何でしょう？ 辞書を見ると "sucker" にも色々な意味がありますが、ここでは次の意味だと思います。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (a sucker for) A person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing): I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale.
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it.: I'm such a sucker for romance.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to like something so much that you cannot refuse it or judge its real value: I have to confess I'm a sucker for musicals.
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