April 11, 2012　=========

☆ humble　謙虚な

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Today’s word is often used in two interesting ways. Firstly,
when you want to emphasize your opinion, it is common to say,
“In my humble opinion…” However, the person that says this
usually does not feel humble at all. So it is almost like sarcasm.

For example, if someone said, “In my humble opinion, this is the
best sushi restaurant in town.” the nuance is that they didn’t believe
that any other sushi restaurant was worth going to.

One more common use is “to eat humble pie”. If you eat humble pie, it
means that you have realized you made a mistake and are admitting to
others that you were wrong. For example: “John was forced to eat humble
pie and apologize to Sarah at the meeting.”

See you,
Chris

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今日の言葉は、二つの意味で使われます。
まずは、自分の意見を強調したい時には
“In my humble opinion…”
(私のつまらない意見としては…)
などと言います。
しかし、実際に自分の意見がつまらないと思っている訳ではありません。
まあ、皮肉のようなものですね。

例えば、
“In my humble opinion, this is the best sushi restaurant in town. ”
(私のつまらない意見を言わせてもらえば、ここのお寿司は街で一番おいしい)
と言ったら、他の寿司屋には行く価値がないというニュアンスです。

もうひとつ、よく使われるのは“eat humble pie”という言い回しです。
これは、自分がミスを犯したことに気付き、周りに自分が間違っていたことを認めることです。

例：
John was forced to eat humble pie and apologized to Sarah at the meeting.
ジョンは自分の間違いを認め、会議でサラに謝った。

それでは！
クリス