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the whole shebang

2022年09月22日 | 英単語
Reader's Digest 7/8月合併号の記事 'The Best Sandwich in Every State' からの引用です。

CALIFORNIA
French dip
Two Los Angeles eateries, Philippe's and Cole's, each claim to be the birthplace of this barguette sandwich with roast beef. The whole shebang then gets dunked in the beef's jus (French for gravy).

"shebang" は見かけない単語ですが、辞書を見ると古くは他の意味もあったようですが、現在では "the whole shebang" で使われるだけの様です。

・Oxford English Dictionary: A matter, operation, or set of circumstances.: I even had to buy a new case/box/container to fit the whole shebang into.
・Collins Dictionary: a situation, matter, or affair (esp in the phrase the whole shebang)
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the whole of something, including everything that is connected with it: The wedding's next week, but my parents are taking care of the whole shebang.
・Vocabulary.com: A shebang is a thing or a group, used in the phrase "the whole shebang." When your teacher says the test will cover the whole shebang, she means everything you've studied is fair game.
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