東野圭吾の小説 "New Comer" を読んでいます。
'Oh, boss, I forgot. There's a guy from the police outside. Says he wants to speak to you.' Akifumi showed him Kaga's card.
'The police. What's the hell for?'
'Search me.' Akifumi tilted his head to one side.
"Search me." はいかにも口語的な表現ですね。文脈からすると、「知りません」の意味だと思いますが、辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: You say ' search me' when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer. [informal, emphasis] 'So why did he get interested all of a sudden?'—'Search me.'
・Cambridge English Dictionary: something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question: "Where's Jack?" "Search me!"
・Wiktionary: (informal) I don't know; I have no idea. Synonyms: don't ask me, beats me: Where did he find the money to buy a car like that? —Search me!
'Oh, boss, I forgot. There's a guy from the police outside. Says he wants to speak to you.' Akifumi showed him Kaga's card.
'The police. What's the hell for?'
'Search me.' Akifumi tilted his head to one side.
"Search me." はいかにも口語的な表現ですね。文脈からすると、「知りません」の意味だと思いますが、辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: You say ' search me' when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer. [informal, emphasis] 'So why did he get interested all of a sudden?'—'Search me.'
・Cambridge English Dictionary: something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question: "Where's Jack?" "Search me!"
・Wiktionary: (informal) I don't know; I have no idea. Synonyms: don't ask me, beats me: Where did he find the money to buy a car like that? —Search me!
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