2014.12.08
Tip 123 ”let sleeping dogs lie” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第123弾は、”let sleeping dogs lie” です。
何か問題があっても事を荒立てず、そっとしておいた方がよいことってありますよね。
今回はそんな際に使えるフレーズを紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは遅刻してきた同僚を見て、
“I’m going to report this issue to HR.”「この問題は人事に報告するよ。」と同僚のタロウに言いました。
「そっとしておいた方がいいよ。」と伝えたい場合、あなたがタロウなら何と言いますか？
“It’s not your issue. So please ignore it.”「あなたの問題ではありません。だから無視してください。」
意味は伝わりますが、少しきつい印象を与える可能性があります。
そこで
“Just let sleeping dogs lie.”「そっとしておいた方がいいよ。」
と言ってみましょう。カジュアルで自然な表現です。
ぜひこの表現を使ってみて下さい。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series for
business people.
And today's idiom is let sleeping dogs
lie. Now this is not to tell
a lie. This lie means like a lying down.
A dog is sleeping. Let sleeping dogs
lie. Let them sleep. OK what does
this mean?
Well we'll find out but first let's do
our usual
test. OK so tell me somthing that was
a blessing in disguise
for you. Something that seemed bad
at first. but became
very good. OK OK. I hope you have a
a good example. OK let's go on to
today's idiom.
Let sleeping dogs lie. But first here's
what I usually hear.
So let's imagine Taro and I are
colleagues.
OK and I notice another colleague.
He did something bad. For example
he was the late for work. He's ten minutes
late
and I say to Taro, what? He's 10
minutes late.
I'm going to report this issue to HR.
OK to Human Resources. It's not fair.
He's always late.
OK. And Taro says,
it's not your issue. So
please ignore it. Don't cause
trouble.
OK, which is OK.
because it's not my problem. It's the
other employees problem.
So please ignore it.
Well it's OK. I understand the meaning.
But it doesn't have that natural
touch. You know so using an idiom here
instead of "ignore", makes it much more
natural
like this. OK so I say Taro,
he's late again. I'm going to report this
issue HR.
And he says Hika, Hika. Just let
sleeping dogs lie.
Just just let sleeping dogs lie.
Yeah very natural and very soft.
Better than please ignore it. It's not
your
issue. You know. Just I I know it's a
problem but it's not really
your problem. You know. So just leave it
alone.
Ignore it. Don't worry about it. It's not
your issue.
Just let sleeping dogs lie. OK.
Very common useful idiom.
Let's look at pronunciation. It's not just
let. But it's just let, just let.
Just let sleeping dogs lie just let
sleeping dogs lie.
You try OK.
And with my sentence. I I'm going to
report this issue to HR.
OK OK.
I understand. I'll just let sleeping dogs
lie.
OK did you get that? OK for homework,
so I want you tell me. Have you ever
let sleeping dogs lie at work?
Maybe there's a situation you know it's
it's a problem.
But you just kind of ignore it
because you don't want to cause trouble.
Have you been in a situation like that?
OK well think about it.
And tell me next time. And we'll see you
in the next lesson.
Thank you.
business people.
And today's idiom is let sleeping dogs
lie. Now this is not to tell
a lie. This lie means like a lying down.
A dog is sleeping. Let sleeping dogs
lie. Let them sleep. OK what does
this mean?
Well we'll find out but first let's do
our usual
test. OK so tell me somthing that was
a blessing in disguise
for you. Something that seemed bad
at first. but became
very good. OK OK. I hope you have a
a good example. OK let's go on to
today's idiom.
Let sleeping dogs lie. But first here's
what I usually hear.
So let's imagine Taro and I are
colleagues.
OK and I notice another colleague.
He did something bad. For example
he was the late for work. He's ten minutes
late
and I say to Taro, what? He's 10
minutes late.
I'm going to report this issue to HR.
OK to Human Resources. It's not fair.
He's always late.
OK. And Taro says,
it's not your issue. So
please ignore it. Don't cause
trouble.
OK, which is OK.
because it's not my problem. It's the
other employees problem.
So please ignore it.
Well it's OK. I understand the meaning.
But it doesn't have that natural
touch. You know so using an idiom here
instead of "ignore", makes it much more
natural
like this. OK so I say Taro,
he's late again. I'm going to report this
issue HR.
And he says Hika, Hika. Just let
sleeping dogs lie.
Just just let sleeping dogs lie.
Yeah very natural and very soft.
Better than please ignore it. It's not
your
issue. You know. Just I I know it's a
problem but it's not really
your problem. You know. So just leave it
alone.
Ignore it. Don't worry about it. It's not
your issue.
Just let sleeping dogs lie. OK.
Very common useful idiom.
Let's look at pronunciation. It's not just
let. But it's just let, just let.
Just let sleeping dogs lie just let
sleeping dogs lie.
You try OK.
And with my sentence. I I'm going to
report this issue to HR.
OK OK.
I understand. I'll just let sleeping dogs
lie.
OK did you get that? OK for homework,
so I want you tell me. Have you ever
let sleeping dogs lie at work?
Maybe there's a situation you know it's
it's a problem.
But you just kind of ignore it
because you don't want to cause trouble.
Have you been in a situation like that?
OK well think about it.
And tell me next time. And we'll see you
in the next lesson.
Thank you.
