Roald Dahlの短編小説 "Claud's Dog" からの引用です。
Claud stopped to catch his breath. He was having a vision now -- the same vision that accompanied all his dreams of wealth -- of an immense factory building with tall chimneys and hundreds of happy workers streaming through the wide wrought iron gates and Claud himself sitting in his luxurious office directing operations with a calm and splendid assurance.
"There's people with brains studying these things this very minute," he went on. "So you got to jump in quick unless you want to get left out in the cold. That's the quick before all the others, Mr. Hoddy."
"left out in the cold" は文字通りだと「寒い所に置き去りされる」となりますが、比喩表現としての慣用句の様です。辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Ignored; neglected.: the talks left the French out in the cold
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that a person, group, or country has been left out in the cold, you mean that they have been ignored by others rather than being invited to take part in some activity with them.: Developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks.
Claud stopped to catch his breath. He was having a vision now -- the same vision that accompanied all his dreams of wealth -- of an immense factory building with tall chimneys and hundreds of happy workers streaming through the wide wrought iron gates and Claud himself sitting in his luxurious office directing operations with a calm and splendid assurance.
"There's people with brains studying these things this very minute," he went on. "So you got to jump in quick unless you want to get left out in the cold. That's the quick before all the others, Mr. Hoddy."
"left out in the cold" は文字通りだと「寒い所に置き去りされる」となりますが、比喩表現としての慣用句の様です。辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Ignored; neglected.: the talks left the French out in the cold
・Collins Dictionary: If you say that a person, group, or country has been left out in the cold, you mean that they have been ignored by others rather than being invited to take part in some activity with them.: Developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks.
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