2019.12.21
“Hit or miss”の意味と使い方 Bizmates 初級ビジネス英会話 Point 324
Hit or miss ってどういう意味？
Hit or missは「いちかばちか」「まちまち」という意味の、質などにばらつきがあり、信用性が薄いことを表す英語表現です。
Hit or miss ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: What do you think about the vendor?
You: They’re hit or miss. They need to be more consistent.
Justin: 取引先のことをどう思いますか？
You: あまり信用できません。質に一貫性がないですね。
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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
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.389,0:00:14.099
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
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week everyone, we are going to learn: Hit
Or Miss. Okay, so to find out what this
0:00:20.580,0:00:26.849
means stay tuned, but first let's do a
quick recap of last week's class. Alright
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everyone, so imagine I ask you: How do we
get more customers? Well the answer is
0:00:33.510,0:00:40.500
pretty simple, we need to do better than
our competitors. So how do you say that
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using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
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Are you ready? Okay and go.
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Alright and
time is up everyone. If you said: Well, we
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need to one-up our competitors. Then
that's exactly right. Well done good job
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and thank you for remembering the
expression. Okay everyone, let's move on
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to: Hit Or Miss. Now this is what I
sometimes hear. Alright, so I'm talking
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with Taro, my good friend and colleague,
and recently my company made a contract
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with a new vendor. So they're supplying
us with their services. So I'm asking
0:01:24.270,0:01:30.540
Taro, what does he think about their
products and services. So I say: Taro, what
0:01:30.540,0:01:36.960
do you think about the new vendor?
Quality goods, not so good. He says: Well,
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they're mah mah. Okay maybe they need to be
more consistent so maybe sometimes the
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quality is good. Samsung sometimes the
quality is not so good. It's you know
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kind of up and down. So a better way of
saying this is: Yes, they are hit or miss.
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So they need to be more consistent.
So if sometimes something is great and
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sometimes they're bad it's not stable,
it's not consistent, it is hit or miss. So
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for example, we went to a new restaurant
a few times.
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It's kind of hit or miss, meaning
sometimes good sometimes bad. You don't
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know. Okay, it's kind of 50/50 now.
Sometimes people might say it's hit and
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miss. And in my experience, they're
basically used interchangeably, meaning
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you can use both hit or miss. Hit and
miss. Okay? Both is okay. Alright, so
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pronunciation everyone. So please repeat
after me: They're hit or miss. Hit or miss,
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so when we say this very quickly, these
tend to join together. So instead of hit
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or miss, it's hit or miss, hit or miss.
Okay your turn.
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Alright, very good. Now after my question here: So, what do you think about the new vendor?
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Yeah they're kind of hit or miss. So they need to be
more consistent.
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Alright, so please remember this for
next time. Alright everyone so our
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bonus question this week is another way
to say: It can change suddenly! So for
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example, stock prices or the weather, or
maybe even someone's emotions. Can you
0:03:24.280,0:03:28.449
think of a better way to say this? I hope
so because we covered it in one of our
0:03:28.449,0:03:36.519
previous classes. But let me give you a
hint, okay? So the hint is in my country.
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10 cents
so 10 yen for example, 10 cents is also
0:03:41.979,0:03:46.509
called this in Canada. Alright? So
that's a bit of a tough hint. Okay, but
0:03:46.509,0:03:51.099
maybe that will help you answer the
bonus question. Okay everyone, so that is
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it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching. Have a good week everyone and
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I'm looking forward to seeing you next
time. Goodbye!
Hello everyone! Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.950,0:00:09.389
video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.389,0:00:14.099
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:14.099,0:00:20.580
week everyone, we are going to learn: Hit
Or Miss. Okay, so to find out what this
0:00:20.580,0:00:26.849
means stay tuned, but first let's do a
quick recap of last week's class. Alright
0:00:26.849,0:00:33.510
everyone, so imagine I ask you: How do we
get more customers? Well the answer is
0:00:33.510,0:00:40.500
pretty simple, we need to do better than
our competitors. So how do you say that
0:00:40.500,0:00:44.550
using the expression from last week? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
0:00:44.550,0:00:47.060
Are you ready? Okay and go.
0:00:50.740,0:00:55.440
Alright and
time is up everyone. If you said: Well, we
0:00:55.440,0:01:00.629
need to one-up our competitors. Then
that's exactly right. Well done good job
0:01:00.629,0:01:05.549
and thank you for remembering the
expression. Okay everyone, let's move on
0:01:05.549,0:01:11.520
to: Hit Or Miss. Now this is what I
sometimes hear. Alright, so I'm talking
0:01:11.520,0:01:18.689
with Taro, my good friend and colleague,
and recently my company made a contract
0:01:18.689,0:01:24.270
with a new vendor. So they're supplying
us with their services. So I'm asking
0:01:24.270,0:01:30.540
Taro, what does he think about their
products and services. So I say: Taro, what
0:01:30.540,0:01:36.960
do you think about the new vendor?
Quality goods, not so good. He says: Well,
0:01:36.960,0:01:42.659
they're mah mah. Okay maybe they need to be
more consistent so maybe sometimes the
0:01:42.659,0:01:47.909
quality is good. Samsung sometimes the
quality is not so good. It's you know
0:01:47.909,0:01:54.890
kind of up and down. So a better way of
saying this is: Yes, they are hit or miss.
0:01:54.890,0:02:01.110
So they need to be more consistent.
So if sometimes something is great and
0:02:01.110,0:02:07.439
sometimes they're bad it's not stable,
it's not consistent, it is hit or miss. So
0:02:07.439,0:02:12.819
for example, we went to a new restaurant
a few times.
0:02:12.819,0:02:17.620
It's kind of hit or miss, meaning
sometimes good sometimes bad. You don't
0:02:17.620,0:02:24.099
know. Okay, it's kind of 50/50 now.
Sometimes people might say it's hit and
0:02:24.099,0:02:30.310
miss. And in my experience, they're
basically used interchangeably, meaning
0:02:30.310,0:02:35.379
you can use both hit or miss. Hit and
miss. Okay? Both is okay. Alright, so
0:02:35.379,0:02:40.180
pronunciation everyone. So please repeat
after me: They're hit or miss. Hit or miss,
0:02:40.180,0:02:46.870
so when we say this very quickly, these
tend to join together. So instead of hit
0:02:46.870,0:02:51.820
or miss, it's hit or miss, hit or miss.
Okay your turn.
0:02:54.660,0:02:59.940
Alright, very good. Now after my question here: So, what do you think about the new vendor?
0:03:04.240,0:03:07.329
Yeah they're kind of hit or miss. So they need to be
more consistent.
0:03:07.329,0:03:11.079
Alright, so please remember this for
next time. Alright everyone so our
0:03:11.079,0:03:17.530
bonus question this week is another way
to say: It can change suddenly! So for
0:03:17.530,0:03:24.280
example, stock prices or the weather, or
maybe even someone's emotions. Can you
0:03:24.280,0:03:28.449
think of a better way to say this? I hope
so because we covered it in one of our
0:03:28.449,0:03:36.519
previous classes. But let me give you a
hint, okay? So the hint is in my country.
0:03:36.519,0:03:41.979
10 cents
so 10 yen for example, 10 cents is also
0:03:41.979,0:03:46.509
called this in Canada. Alright? So
that's a bit of a tough hint. Okay, but
0:03:46.509,0:03:51.099
maybe that will help you answer the
bonus question. Okay everyone, so that is
0:03:51.099,0:03:56.049
it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching. Have a good week everyone and
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I'm looking forward to seeing you next
time. Goodbye!
