Tip 159 ”All work and no play.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第159弾は、”All work and no play.” です。

遊んでばかりで仕事をしないのも問題かもしれませんが、仕事ばかりで遊びがないのも考えものですよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。

例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“I’m going to work this weekend.”「今週末、仕事だよ。」と言いました。
「また？仕事ばかりしてるじゃん。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“Again? You are working too much. You should relax more.”「また？働きすぎだよ。もっと休んだ方がいいよ。」
でも伝わりますがが、より簡潔に伝わる表現があります。

そこで
“Again? All work and no play.”「また？仕事ばかりしてるじゃん。」
と言ってみましょう。

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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series

and today's idiom and phrase

is "All work and no play."

I don't like that. All work and no play?

But what does this mean? We will find out

first let's do our test. Okay

so I'm gonna ask you, "When will we launch the new product?" You don't know the

answer

a hundred percent you know ninety
percent so you say

that's right. "As far as I know,

its next Monday." I hope you got that.

okay let's go on to today's really
really natural

phrase and idiom. All work and no play

Okay so let's imagine Taro is my
colleague

and I tell Taro: I'm going to work this
weekend

OK, I'm gonna work this weekend. And Taro says:

Again? You are working too much.

You should relax more -- which is OK

you know he cares about me and he's
giving me advice

Again? You are working too much and you should relax more --

but what's a more natural way to say
this

in a nice idiom, in a nice phrase? like
this.

So I say: I'm going to work this weekend.

And Taro says: Again? All work and no
play.

Very natural! It means you are working too much

and not playing enough. So relax more,

enjoy the weekend. Okay,

so let's look at pronunciation

it's "Again? -- with a pause -- all workan'

all workan' no play." Again?

all work and no play. You try...

good okay with my sentence:

I'm gonna work this weekend... yeah I know I need to relax more

okay so very natural phrase you can use
this with some of your colleagues

who are working too much, not playing enough.

you know, you say "All work and
no play?

Come on, relax have fun."

All right so for homework next time I'm
gonna say:

I'm gonna work this weekend. And you say:

Again? All work and no play?

That's right. Please remember this and we will see you

next time. Thank you.