muddle throughとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From muddle (“to think かつ act in a confused, aimless way”) + through.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌdl̩ θɹuː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌd(ə)l θɹu/
• ハイフネーション: mud‧dle through

動詞

muddle through (三人称単数 現在形 muddles through, 現在分詞 muddling through, 過去形および過去分詞形 muddled through)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.

   Synonyms: get along, get by, make do, (Britain) muddle along, scrape along, scrape by

   I’ve only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the test.

   • 1943 (date written), Ralph Blane (lyrics), Hugh Martin (music), “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, in Meet Me in St. Louis (soundtrack; 1944), performed by Judy Garland:

     Someday soon we all will be together / If the fates allow. / Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow. / So have yourself a merry little Christmas now.