have the worst of itとは 意味・読み方・使い方

to confute one in argument―worst one in argument―have the best of it発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

議論に勝つ - 斎藤和英大辞典

to be confuted in argument―be worsted in argument―have the worst of it発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

議論に負ける - 斎藤和英大辞典

to be confuted in argument―have the worst of it発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

論に負ける - 斎藤和英大辞典

I am afraid I have the worst of it.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

僕の方が負けたようだ - 斎藤和英大辞典

but I have seen one since, and I can give you no fairer idea of Ben Gunn's boat than by saying it was like the first and the worst coracle ever made by man.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

その後コラクル舟をみたが、ベン・ガンの舟を説明するには、コラクル舟みたいなもので、ただ人間が作ったにしては一番ひどい出来のコラクル舟だというのが一番適当な説明ではないだろうか。 - Robert Louis Stevenson『宝島』

Like it says above, merchants were people who obediently followed the Okami (political authorities)'s orders, so OKUBO thought that if the Meiji Government, which was still feeble and did not have enough authority as the 'Okami' (political authorities) reformed the currency in a flurry, by doing so if in the worst case scenario, the orders did not get across, this would reveal the lack of 'people's trust' in the 'Okami' (political authorities) (Meiji Government) and their powerlessness to their own country and foreign countries, which would lead to the collapse of the government, therefore he considered the monetary reform was nonessential and nonurgent.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

このように、商人は「お上」の命に唯々諾々と従う存在であるのだから、政治的基盤が未だ脆弱で「お上」としての権威を十分に持っているとは言えない明治政府が慌てて貨幣改革を行うことによって、万が一命令が行き渡らずに「お上」（＝明治政府）に対する「万民の信」の無さと無力ぶりを内外に示すことになっては政権の崩壊につながると考え、通貨改革を不要不急のことと捉えていた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス