意味 | 例文 (1件) |
throw the bullとは 意味・読み方・使い方
追加できません
(登録数上限)
意味・対訳 ほらを吹く
「throw the bull」の部分一致の例文検索結果
該当件数 : 1件
-
履歴機能過去に調べた
単語を確認! -
語彙力診断診断回数が
増える! -
マイ単語帳便利な
学習機能付き! -
マイ例文帳文章で
単語を理解!
Wiktionary英語版での「throw the bull」の意味 |
throw the bull
動詞
throw the bull (三人称単数 現在形 throws the bull, 現在分詞 throwing the bull, 過去形 threw the bull, 過去分詞 thrown the bull) (intransitive, idiomatic, somewhat dated)
- To chat idly.
- 1958, Ed McBain [psuedonym; Evan Hunter], Lady Killer, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Melbourne, Vic.: Compass Press, page 166:
- "Sam, I'd love to throw the bull with you, but it's getting late. I'd better hit that diner."
- 1985, William N. Yeomans, 1000 Things You Never Learned in Business School: How to Manage Your Fast-Track Career, New York, N.Y.: Mentor Books, →ISBN, page 298:
- To make false boastful claims.
- 1940 February 25, Sinclair Lewis, “Carry your own Suitcase”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, L.A.: Times-Mirror Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2:
- 1959, Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 118:
- To talk or write in an obscure and pretentious manner.
- 1988, Richard Feynman, Ralph Leighton, "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, →OCLC, page 31:
- I was about to write a simple theme about this dumb question when I remembered that my literary friends were always "throwing the bull"—building up their sentences to sound complex and sophisticated.
- 2004, George Ehrenhaft, Robert L. Lehrman, Allan Mundsack, Fred Obrecht, Barron's How to Prepare for the ACT Assessment, 13th edition, Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, →ISBN, page 424:
- Like other readers, they enjoy good reading and delight in lively, neatly phrased ideas. They abhor empty platitudes and know in an instant when a writer is "throwing the bull." Pretentiousness turns them off completely.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, bull.
参考
- throw the bull around
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2023), “throw the bull v.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Weblio例文辞書での「throw the bull」に類似した例文 |
|
throw the bull
意味 | 例文 (1件) |
|
throw the bullのページの著作権
英和・和英辞典
情報提供元は
参加元一覧
にて確認できます。
Text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) and/or GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Weblio英和・和英辞典に掲載されている「Wiktionary英語版」の記事は、Wiktionaryのthrow the bull (改訂履歴)の記事を複製、再配布したものにあたり、Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA)もしくはGNU Free Documentation Licenseというライセンスの下で提供されています。 |
ピン留めアイコンをクリックすると単語とその意味を画面の右側に残しておくことができます。 |
ログイン |
Weblio会員(無料)になると 検索履歴を保存できる! 語彙力診断の実施回数増加! |
-
1iris
-
2believe
-
3rendezvous
-
4sphery
-
5vapid
-
6while
-
7consider
-
8appreciate
-
9provide
-
10test
「throw the bull」のお隣キーワード |
weblioのその他のサービス
ログイン |
Weblio会員(無料)になると 検索履歴を保存できる! 語彙力診断の実施回数増加! |