“Stop And Smell The Roses”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 290

Stop and smell the roses ってどういう意味?

Stop and smell the roses は日本語で「リラックスする」「羽を伸ばす」という表現ににあたります。立ち止まって花の香りを楽しむ余裕を持つようにしましょうということわざとして使われます。

 

Stop and smell the roses ってどういう場面で使うの?

たとえば、同僚に仕事のことについて話す時:

Justin:  I think I need to come to the office again this weekend.
You:  Again?! You should stop and smell the roses.

You: 多分週末にまた仕事に行くことになりそうです。
Justin: またですか?たまには羽を伸ばすといいですよ。

 

Stop and smell the roses の自然な使い方を動画で学ぶ

こちらの動画で、発音や、会話の中での自然な使い方を、Bizmatesのプレゼンター Justinが解説します。

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Hello everyone! Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners

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video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or expression

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that you can use in your daily business
conversation. This week everyone we are

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going to learn: Stop And Smell The Roses.
Okay, so it's an interesting expression.

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Let's find out what it means and how to
use it. But first as always, let's begin

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with a quick review of last week's
lesson. Okay everyone, so imagine I say:

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What you're thinking about changing jobs?
But you don't really know yet, so you

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want me to keep this information kind of
secret. So how do you say that using the

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expression from last week? We'll give you
five seconds. You ready? Okay, go!

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Alright and time is up if you said: Yeah maybe.
But please keep it on the down-low.

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Alright then, that's exactly right. Well
done, thank you for remembering last

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week's class. Okay, let's move on to: Stop
And Smell The Roses. Now this is what I

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sometimes hear. Okay, so it is a really
really busy time at the office and I

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need to come to the office even on the
weekends. So I talked to my good friend

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and colleague Taro. I say: Taro, yeah I
think I need to come to the office again

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this weekend. There are so many things I
need to do. Just not enough time.

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Taro says: Again?! Justin you should
relax.

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Okey, yeah I agree relaxation is very
important. Thank you for the advice Taro.

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Now he said you should relax, yeah this
is fine, it's simple. But if you wanted to

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add a little spice to your English and
use a more interesting expression, you

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can say: Yeah again Justin!? You really
should just you know stop and smell the

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roses. Okay that means just take some
time to relax. Don't always think about

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work. You need to enjoy the beauty of
life. Just enjoy the simple things. Take

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it easy, relax, go for a walk stop, and
smell the roses.

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Okay, so I know all of us are very very
busy right. We work very hard every day

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but it's very important to just know how
to enjoy life. Do take it easy sometimes

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to stop and smell the roses. Okay
everyone?

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Alright, so pronunciation. It's as you see
it here, so please repeat after me:

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You should stop and smell the roses.
Your turn.

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Alright very good. Okay now after my sentence here. Yeah I think I need to come to the office again this

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weekend.

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Okay. Again?! Yeah, you should take
it easy and relax. Stop and smell the roses

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sometimes. Alright? Okay, so please remember
this for next time. Okay everyone?

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Alright, our bonus question this week is
another way to say: They are rich. They

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have a lot of money. So if you know how
to say this in a more natural way, please

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leave it in the comments below. If you
don't know what it is but you are

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curious. Well we covered it in one of our
previous video lessons so take a look if

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you have the time. Okay everyone, so that
is it for me this week. Thank you very

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much for watching.
Have a great weekend everyone and I'll

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see you next time. Thank you!

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