Jan. 22, 2011のThe Japan Times Onlineに次ぎの記事タイトルがありました。
Ozawa says no dice to appearing at Diet ethics panel next week
小沢氏は結局下に引用する記事の本文にあるように出席を断っているので、タイトルにある "no dice" は "no" と意味はほとんど同じだと思います。
Ichiro Ozawa on Thursday let a Diet ethics panel know he won't appear before it next week to answer questions about his political funding scandal.
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Ozawa conveyed his intention not to attend to Doi through Hiroshi Kawauchi, a DPJ Lower House lawmaker who is a member of the committee and is close to Ozawa.
しかし、"no dice" に特別な意味、ニュアンスがあるのかどうか辞書で調べます。
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: US informal ?used to say that something hoped for or wanted was not possible to do or to get; We hoped that tickets would still be available, but no dice, they were all sold.; I've proposed several different deals, but their response continues to be no dice. [=their response continues to be no]
・Cambridge Advanced Learner's English Dictionary: something that people say when you may not or cannot do something; I asked if we could go to the party, but Mom said no dice.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Also, no go ; no soap . No, certainly not; also, impossible. For example, Anthony wanted to borrow my new coat, but Mom said no dice , or We tried to rent the church for the wedding, but it's no go for the date you picked , or Jim asked Dad to help pay for the repairs, but Dad said no soap . All of these slangy expressions indicate refusal or an unsuccessful attempt. No dice, from the 1920s, alludes to an unlucky throw in gambling; no go , alluding to lack of progress, dates from about 1820; and no soap dates from about 1920 and possibly alludes to the phrase it won't wash , meaning "it won't find acceptance."
ニュアンスとしては相手がYesを期待している状況で使われる場合が多いような感じがします。
この表現の由来は上の辞書でも触れていますが、Wiktionaryには次ぎの説明がありました。
A term used in the game craps when the dice bounce over the walls of the table, invalidating the throw.
Ozawa says no dice to appearing at Diet ethics panel next week
小沢氏は結局下に引用する記事の本文にあるように出席を断っているので、タイトルにある "no dice" は "no" と意味はほとんど同じだと思います。
Ichiro Ozawa on Thursday let a Diet ethics panel know he won't appear before it next week to answer questions about his political funding scandal.
...
Ozawa conveyed his intention not to attend to Doi through Hiroshi Kawauchi, a DPJ Lower House lawmaker who is a member of the committee and is close to Ozawa.
しかし、"no dice" に特別な意味、ニュアンスがあるのかどうか辞書で調べます。
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: US informal ?used to say that something hoped for or wanted was not possible to do or to get; We hoped that tickets would still be available, but no dice, they were all sold.; I've proposed several different deals, but their response continues to be no dice. [=their response continues to be no]
・Cambridge Advanced Learner's English Dictionary: something that people say when you may not or cannot do something; I asked if we could go to the party, but Mom said no dice.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Also, no go ; no soap . No, certainly not; also, impossible. For example, Anthony wanted to borrow my new coat, but Mom said no dice , or We tried to rent the church for the wedding, but it's no go for the date you picked , or Jim asked Dad to help pay for the repairs, but Dad said no soap . All of these slangy expressions indicate refusal or an unsuccessful attempt. No dice, from the 1920s, alludes to an unlucky throw in gambling; no go , alluding to lack of progress, dates from about 1820; and no soap dates from about 1920 and possibly alludes to the phrase it won't wash , meaning "it won't find acceptance."
ニュアンスとしては相手がYesを期待している状況で使われる場合が多いような感じがします。
この表現の由来は上の辞書でも触れていますが、Wiktionaryには次ぎの説明がありました。
A term used in the game craps when the dice bounce over the walls of the table, invalidating the throw.
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