2015.11.06
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 116 ”over the top”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第116弾は、”over the top” です。
大勢の人、眩しいくらいのきらびやかな照明、流れ続ける音楽、次々に運ばれてくる料理。。。
まるで盛大なショーを見ているかのような豪華で盛大なパーティや結婚式に行って、
「ちょっとこれはやり過ぎでは？」と思ってしまうことってありますよね。
今回はそんな時に使える表現を紹介します。
タロウは、同僚サナエの結婚式に行ったようです。
「サナエの結婚式、どうだった？」とヒカがタロウに聞きました。
「（豪華すぎて）あれはちょっとやり過ぎだよ。」と言いたい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“I think it was too much.”
これでも伝わりますが、もっと適した表現があります。
そこで、
“It was over the top. ”
と言ってみましょう。とても自然です。
発音もビデオでチェック！
ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners video series and today's idiom
is "over the top."
Over the top. Not the mountain, OK. Top of what? What does this mean? We will find
out but first let's do our test. OK, so
you went drinking yesterday, OK? How is
the drinking party yesterday?... Oh, you had one too many. Really? Well drink lots of water.
OK, perfect. OK it means to drink too much.
Now today's idiom. "Over the top" OK what does this mean? Here's what I sometimes hear --
So imagine Taro went to Sanae's wedding. Sanae is our co-worker and he
went to her wedding and I say: How was
Sanae's wedding? Was it a nice wedding?
Beautiful wedding? And Taro says: Yeah, I
think it was too much.
What does this mean? OK I'm a little
confused I think it was too much. OK Taro wants to say that maybe it was too fancy.
OK there were too many people. There were too many lights, music... it was like a big
show not a quiet, you know,
nice wedding. It was a very, you know ... well we say over the top. Too much!
Maybe there were 500 people
12-course meal. You know,
disco balls and... just too much. So a
natural way to say this "too much" is like
this -- so I say: How was I was Sanae's wedding? Taro says: Yeah, it was over the
top. And you could say "it was a bit over
the top." "A bit" is also very natural.
It was over the top. Too much. OK, let's look at pronunciation. So it's "It wasover..."
It wasover the top.
It was over the top. You try... Good. OK, with my question: How was Sanae's wedding?
I see. OK, perfect. For homework, so I'm
gonna ask you "How was Sanae's wedding?"
and you answer... like this: It was over the top. Too much. ok please remember this and we will
see you next time. Thank you.
beginners video series and today's idiom
is "over the top."
Over the top. Not the mountain, OK. Top of what? What does this mean? We will find
out but first let's do our test. OK, so
you went drinking yesterday, OK? How is
the drinking party yesterday?... Oh, you had one too many. Really? Well drink lots of water.
OK, perfect. OK it means to drink too much.
Now today's idiom. "Over the top" OK what does this mean? Here's what I sometimes hear --
So imagine Taro went to Sanae's wedding. Sanae is our co-worker and he
went to her wedding and I say: How was
Sanae's wedding? Was it a nice wedding?
Beautiful wedding? And Taro says: Yeah, I
think it was too much.
What does this mean? OK I'm a little
confused I think it was too much. OK Taro wants to say that maybe it was too fancy.
OK there were too many people. There were too many lights, music... it was like a big
show not a quiet, you know,
nice wedding. It was a very, you know ... well we say over the top. Too much!
Maybe there were 500 people
12-course meal. You know,
disco balls and... just too much. So a
natural way to say this "too much" is like
this -- so I say: How was I was Sanae's wedding? Taro says: Yeah, it was over the
top. And you could say "it was a bit over
the top." "A bit" is also very natural.
It was over the top. Too much. OK, let's look at pronunciation. So it's "It wasover..."
It wasover the top.
It was over the top. You try... Good. OK, with my question: How was Sanae's wedding?
I see. OK, perfect. For homework, so I'm
gonna ask you "How was Sanae's wedding?"
and you answer... like this: It was over the top. Too much. ok please remember this and we will
see you next time. Thank you.
