2018.09.28
“A stone’s throw away”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 264
A stone’s throw away ってどういう意味？
A stone’s throw away は、「目と鼻の先」という意味のフレーズです。直訳すると「石を投げて届く距離」になる通り、「すぐ近く」と言いたい時に使えます。
よく、 “The beach is just a stone’s throw away” というように、物件情報や宿泊施設の利便性を訴求する際にちょっと洒落た表現をしたい場合に使われます。
A stone’s throw away ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、初めて顧客訪問に同行する前に、同僚に訪問先までの距離を聞きたい時に：
Justin: Is the client’s office far from here?
You: It’s a stone’s throw away. Just 5 minutes from the station.
Justin: 取引先のオフィスはここから遠いのですか？
You: 目と鼻の先です。駅からたった5分ですよ。
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Hello everyone, Justin here and I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
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video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:10.080,0:00:14.880
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
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week everyone, we are going to learn:
"a stone's throw away." OK so if you want
0:00:21.930,0:00:26.279
to know what this means please stay
tuned, but let's jump right into it this
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week with a quick review of last week's
class. Alright everyone, so imagine I ask you:
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What do you think about the new
samples our supplier sent us? And you
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really like the samples. You think they
are better than all of the other samples
0:00:45.420,0:00:51.239
we have received so far. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
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week? I'll give you five seconds okay?
Are you ready? Alright go!
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And time is up, if you said:
"yes, they're a cut above the rest"
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that's exactly right,
well done, thank you for remembering last
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week's class. Okay everyone, so let's move
on to: "a stone's throw away." Now this is
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what I sometimes hear... Alright so I'm
speaking with my colleague, Taro, and I'm
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asking Taro: Is the clients office far
from here? So I need to go visit our
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clients - maybe I want to talk about the
samples - so I want to know how far is the
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office. Taro says: it is near just five
minutes from the station. Alright very
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good, so it is near. Good, very short, very
simple, but feels a little bit stiff.
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So you might hear a native English speaker
say something like this: It's a stone's
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throw away. Just five minutes from the
station. Okay so "it's a stone's throw away"
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means, yes that's right, it's very
close - it's very near. It's a short but
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kind of undefined distance. So it could
be five minutes, could be ten minutes, but
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if you imagine, you know if you throw a
stone,
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no matter how hard or how far you throw it,
it's not that far, okay?
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Alright, so it's very near, it's
very close, but it's not very
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specific. So keep that in mind, okay?
So for example, the convenience store is
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just a stone's throw away, okay?
My apartment is just a stone's throw away
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okay? Alright so pronunciation,
it's as you see it here,
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not very complicated this week, so please
repeat after me: a stone's throw away.
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Alright your turn.
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Good, alright now after my question:
is the clients office far from here?
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Good, good, that's right. It's just
a stone's throw away, okay? So please
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remember this for next time. Okay
everyone, so our bonus question this week
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is another way to say: "rude people really anger me." Okay if you know how to
0:03:11.910,0:03:17.150
say this using the expression from one
of our previous Bizmates for Beginners
0:03:17.150,0:03:21.420
video lessons, you can leave it in the
comments below. If you don't know what it
0:03:21.420,0:03:26.040
is, but you are curious, well if you've
got the time, you can look back at one of
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our previous videos, okay? Alright
everyone, so that is it for me this week.
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Thank you always for watching the
channel, have a great weekend everyone
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and I'll see you next time thank you.
Hello everyone, Justin here and I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:05.640,0:00:10.080
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:10.080,0:00:14.880
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:14.880,0:00:21.930
week everyone, we are going to learn:
"a stone's throw away." OK so if you want
0:00:21.930,0:00:26.279
to know what this means please stay
tuned, but let's jump right into it this
0:00:26.279,0:00:32.279
week with a quick review of last week's
class. Alright everyone, so imagine I ask you:
0:00:32.279,0:00:39.420
What do you think about the new
samples our supplier sent us? And you
0:00:39.420,0:00:45.420
really like the samples. You think they
are better than all of the other samples
0:00:45.420,0:00:51.239
we have received so far. So how do you
say that using the expression from last
0:00:51.240,0:00:55.440
week? I'll give you five seconds okay?
Are you ready? Alright go!
0:00:59.780,0:01:06.299
And time is up, if you said:
"yes, they're a cut above the rest"
0:01:06.299,0:01:09.720
that's exactly right,
well done, thank you for remembering last
0:01:09.720,0:01:15.659
week's class. Okay everyone, so let's move
on to: "a stone's throw away." Now this is
0:01:15.659,0:01:21.390
what I sometimes hear... Alright so I'm
speaking with my colleague, Taro, and I'm
0:01:21.390,0:01:28.229
asking Taro: Is the clients office far
from here? So I need to go visit our
0:01:28.229,0:01:34.200
clients - maybe I want to talk about the
samples - so I want to know how far is the
0:01:34.200,0:01:41.369
office. Taro says: it is near just five
minutes from the station. Alright very
0:01:41.369,0:01:47.310
good, so it is near. Good, very short, very
simple, but feels a little bit stiff.
0:01:47.310,0:01:53.100
So you might hear a native English speaker
say something like this: It's a stone's
0:01:53.100,0:01:58.619
throw away. Just five minutes from the
station. Okay so "it's a stone's throw away"
0:01:58.619,0:02:04.380
means, yes that's right, it's very
close - it's very near. It's a short but
0:02:04.380,0:02:09.539
kind of undefined distance. So it could
be five minutes, could be ten minutes, but
0:02:09.539,0:02:14.100
if you imagine, you know if you throw a
stone,
0:02:14.100,0:02:19.280
no matter how hard or how far you throw it,
it's not that far, okay?
0:02:19.420,0:02:23.660
Alright, so it's very near, it's
very close, but it's not very
0:02:23.670,0:02:29.400
specific. So keep that in mind, okay?
So for example, the convenience store is
0:02:29.400,0:02:34.650
just a stone's throw away, okay?
My apartment is just a stone's throw away
0:02:34.650,0:02:38.970
okay? Alright so pronunciation,
it's as you see it here,
0:02:38.970,0:02:44.700
not very complicated this week, so please
repeat after me: a stone's throw away.
0:02:44.700,0:02:45.780
Alright your turn.
0:02:48.500,0:02:53.300
Good, alright now after my question:
is the clients office far from here?
0:02:57.580,0:03:02.220
Good, good, that's right. It's just
a stone's throw away, okay? So please
0:03:02.220,0:03:06.210
remember this for next time. Okay
everyone, so our bonus question this week
0:03:06.210,0:03:11.910
is another way to say: "rude people really anger me." Okay if you know how to
0:03:11.910,0:03:17.150
say this using the expression from one
of our previous Bizmates for Beginners
0:03:17.150,0:03:21.420
video lessons, you can leave it in the
comments below. If you don't know what it
0:03:21.420,0:03:26.040
is, but you are curious, well if you've
got the time, you can look back at one of
0:03:26.040,0:03:30.780
our previous videos, okay? Alright
everyone, so that is it for me this week.
0:03:30.780,0:03:34.290
Thank you always for watching the
channel, have a great weekend everyone
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and I'll see you next time thank you.
