by the look of thingsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

They are so bound by the fetters of [are so blinkered by] conventionalism that they cannot look at things rationally.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

彼らは因襲に束縛されているために物を正しく見ることができない. - 研究社 新和英中辞典

While things didn't look too good in the relationship between Tokugawa and Toyotomi, he is said to have lamented by saying to his pet monkey, 'Would you like to learn the teachings of Confucius, too?' when he saw the monkey scribbling in his Rongo book in red imitating him during a boat trip from Osaka.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

徳川と豊臣の雲行きが怪しいなか、大坂からの船旅の中、清正の飼っていた猿が真似をして彼の論語の本に朱筆で落書きをしたのを見て「お前も聖人の教えが知りたいか」と嘆じたという。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

As I look back the history, a lot of unbearable things have occurred, but on the other hand, Japan, as a whole, has been making great progress; Japan had gradually advanced for these years, and now it won the victory in the Sino-Japanese War, which was brought by the joint cooperation of the government and people. What a delightful and grateful victory it is.'発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

「顧みて世の中を見れば堪え難いことも多いようだが、一国全体の大勢は改進進歩の一方で、次第々々に上進して、数年の後その形に顕れたるは、日清戦争など官民一致の勝利、愉快とも難有（ありがた）いとも言いようがない。」 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

If every part of the business of society which required organized concert, or large and comprehensive views, were in the hands of the government, and if government offices were universally filled by the ablest men, all the enlarged culture and practised intelligence in the country, except the purely speculative, would be concentrated in a numerous bureaucracy, to whom alone the rest of the community would look for all things:発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

組織だった協力や大規模で包括的な見通しを必要とする社会的業務のあらゆる分野が政府の手中にあり、政府官庁がいたるところもっとも有能な人で満たされるなら、純粋に思弁的なものを除き、国中の広汎な文化と実際的知性は、巨大な官僚制度に集中して、共同体の残りの人たちは、なにを探すにもそこを頼るしかなくなります。 - John Stuart Mill『自由について』

We will properly look into the possibility of the postponement of its expiration considering the role fulfilled by the SME Financing Facilitation Act in the recession, especially the recession amid the strong yen, as financing is indispensable for sound and sustainable companies. As I have stated some time ago, I have been told by proprietors of SMEs in my hometown of Kitakyushu that they were glad that the Act was established. I have heard on various occasions that proprietors of SMEs, who used to be in a weak position as borrowers relative to banks, can now say things to banks on an equal footing as a result of the establishment of the Act. We will give positive consideration to the possibility of postponement of its expiration in an appropriate manner by taking such matters into account, while at the same time, heeding financial discipline, which is extremely important in a liberal society and free economy as a matter of course.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

延長ということをしっかり視野に入れて、本当にやっぱり健全な企業、あるいは持続可能な企業のためには、やはり金融というのはもうご存じのように、必ず、必須なものでございますから、そういった意味でこういう不況の中で、特に円高の不況の中で、しっかり中小企業金融円滑化法が果たしている役割というのを、いつかお話ししたように、私の地元の北九州の中小企業の経営者に、本当に、こういう法律を作っていただいてよかったと。今まで借り手というのはやっぱり銀行に弱いですからね、物が言えなかったり、こういう法律ができていただいて、堂々と言ったら悪いですけれども、対等に中小企業の経営者が物を言えるというようなことをどこからでもいろいろ聞いておるわけでございますから、そういったことも含めながら、同時にご存じのように金融規律ということも当然、自由主義社会、自由主義経済では非常に必要なことでございますから、そういったことを頭に入れつつ、しっかり前向きに検討させていただきたいと、延長も含めてしっかり検討を視野に入れつつ、検討させていただきたいというふうに思っております。 - 金融庁

Another point that I would like to make is closer to home. In my opinion, it is critical for a politician to have a bird's eye and an insect's eye – both of these. Having been a politician for 25 years, I feel that it is imperative that politics in a democratic nation have an insect's eye to really look at things up close. I might get a disapproving look if I use the expression "an insect's eye" in this context but, right after the Amended Money Lending Business Act came into full force, we established the Amended Money Lending Business Act Follow-Up Team, which was in all likelihood an unprecedented move since the Meiji era. While 15 million people use services of the money lending industry, we enacted, with unanimous support, a law designed to prevent multiple debtors from being generated. As the level of per-household income dropped by one million yen amid deflation notably in the past ten years, we hear, and really hear, suffering voices and sighs of people in various forms of livelihood hardships attributable to those difficult times.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

それからもう1点は身近な話でございますけれども、私は政治家というのは鳥の目と虫の目が大事だと思っております。両方です。やはり本当に身近な虫の目もないと、民主主義国家において政治は駄目だと、私は25年させていただいて、そう思っておりまして。「虫の目」と言ったらおしかりいただくかもしれませんけれども、やはり改正貸金業法の（完全施行）後、こんなことは明治以来、多分、例がないと思うのですが、施行したすぐ後に改正貸金業法フォローアップチームを作りました。これは1,500万人の方が貸金業を利用しておられる中で、全会一致で多重債務者を防ごうという法律を作ったわけでございます。特にこの10年間、デフレの中で1世帯当たり100万円、所得が減ったわけでございますから、そういった時代において、現実に色々な一人一人の生活の本当にうめき声やため息が聞こえてくるわけでございます。 - 金融庁