続 今日の英語

はてなダイアリーで地味に続けていた「今日の英語」の続き。日常出会った気になる英語表現を、オンライン辞書の例文などとともにメモしています。

You're holdin' out on me.

(何か隠してやがるな。)
 映画ルパン三世カリオストロの城」英語吹替版より。カリオストロの廃城で何か物思いに耽るルパン。次元はとうとう我慢ができなくなっちゃった!このセリフのあと、ルパンに卍固め(?)!

  • "hold (something) out on (someone/something)"で「(人)に対して隠し事をする」の意(to keep news or something of value from someone or a group/to refuse to give help or information to someone )。しかしこのセリフ、すっごく聞こえない!
  • あ、これも「人に被害を与える」onだ。
    • She must have been holding out on him all these years.
    • I discovered that she had been holding out on me all these years, not telling me the secret ingredient in her pies.
    • Don't hold out on me; start telling the truth.
    • What's going on? Are you holding something out on me?
    • Don't hold out on the city council. They have ways of finding out everything.
    • I discovered that she had been holding out on me all these years, not telling me the secret ingredient in her pies.
    • She must have been holding out on him all these years.
    • She didn't tell me she was rich; she's been holding out on me.



(私が持ってる英語版はリンガフォンの古いVHSなので、このDVDと英訳が違うかもしれないです。リージョン違いにもご注意を。)