2017.04.07
“Cuckoo”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 187
Cuckoo ってどういう意味？
Cuckoo は「正気じゃない」や「頭がおかしい」、「変人」という意味になります。語源は、鳥のカッコウが単調な鳴き声で一日中鳴き続けることではないかと言われています。
Cuckoo ってどういう場面で使うの？
仕事では、たとえば、以下のような会話でこの表現を使うと自然です：
A: Todd works until midnight everyday. Weekends too! He says he likes it!
B: He’s cuckoo.
A: トッドは毎日、真夜中まで働くんです。週末も含めて！しかもそういう働き方が好きなんですって！
B: 正気じゃないですね。
Crazyと同じ意味の表現には他にも “out of his mind” や “completely nuts” などがありますが、”cuckoo”と表現すると、ちょっとかわいく聞こえますね。
Cuckoo 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 and welcome to this
week's Bizmates for Beginners. And for
our video lesson this week, everyone, we
are going to learn the expression "cuckoo"
and it's a pretty interesting and
funny sounding word, so let's find out
how to use it and what it means, but
first let's do a quick review of last week's class.
Okay, everyone, so imagine this situation:
The boss said we won't
get bonuses this year! Is everyone okay?
And of course everyone is really
upset, everyone's really angry. So how do
you respond, everyone? You've got five
seconds, okay? Go.
Alright, time is up. If you said
"No. Everyone is up in arms" then
good job, and thanks for remembering last week's expression.
OK, so moving on to "cuckoo."
This is what I sometimes hear:
OK, I'm talking to my colleague, Taro
and in our section, there's a guy named
Todd. And Todd is a really, really hard
worker. He loves work, okay? So I say:
Taro, you know Todd? Todd works until midnight
every day! Weekends too! He says he likes it!
And Taro, he's really surprised,
so he says: Really, weekends too! He is a
crazy man! And yes, I agree anybody that
can work until twelve o'clock every day --
and weekends too -- yeah, is definitely a
little bit crazy. But although this
expression is okay, a more unique or more
colorful way to say this is... that's right.
He's cuckoo! OK, so anybody that's crazy,
whose head really maybe isn't in the
right spot or in the right place, okay?
They're cuckoo. Alright, so the pronunciation is
very simple, okay, it's "koo-koo" but be
careful it's written C-U-C-K... so
some people might be inclined to say
"kuh-koo" okay? But the pronunciation is
"koo-koo," okay? Alright, everyone so please
repeat after me: He's cuckoo. Your turn.
Alright, very good! OK, now after me:
So Todd works until midnight every day!
Weekends too! He says he likes it!
That's right. He's definitely a little bit
cuckoo, I think. But I mean of course
working hard isn't such a bad thing, but
you know if you can do that for such a
long time and no break, yeah that is a
little bit crazy -- a little bit cuckoo, right?
OK, so hopefully all of you don't
need to work that hard, but please
remember this for next week, okay?
Alright, so our bonus question, everyone
this week is another way to say: "Rest"
I think Todd maybe needs to take a rest
too. Okay, but if you know how to say this
in a more natural way, leave it in the
comments below; I'll get back to you.
If you don't know, see if you can find the
answer in one of our previous Bizmates
for Beginners video lessons, okay?
Alright, everyone that is it for me this week,
thank you so much for watching. Enjoy
your weekend and I'm looking forward to
seeing you next Friday. See you later.
week's Bizmates for Beginners. And for
our video lesson this week, everyone, we
are going to learn the expression "cuckoo"
and it's a pretty interesting and
funny sounding word, so let's find out
how to use it and what it means, but
first let's do a quick review of last week's class.
Okay, everyone, so imagine this situation:
The boss said we won't
get bonuses this year! Is everyone okay?
And of course everyone is really
upset, everyone's really angry. So how do
you respond, everyone? You've got five
seconds, okay? Go.
Alright, time is up. If you said
"No. Everyone is up in arms" then
good job, and thanks for remembering last week's expression.
OK, so moving on to "cuckoo."
This is what I sometimes hear:
OK, I'm talking to my colleague, Taro
and in our section, there's a guy named
Todd. And Todd is a really, really hard
worker. He loves work, okay? So I say:
Taro, you know Todd? Todd works until midnight
every day! Weekends too! He says he likes it!
And Taro, he's really surprised,
so he says: Really, weekends too! He is a
crazy man! And yes, I agree anybody that
can work until twelve o'clock every day --
and weekends too -- yeah, is definitely a
little bit crazy. But although this
expression is okay, a more unique or more
colorful way to say this is... that's right.
He's cuckoo! OK, so anybody that's crazy,
whose head really maybe isn't in the
right spot or in the right place, okay?
They're cuckoo. Alright, so the pronunciation is
very simple, okay, it's "koo-koo" but be
careful it's written C-U-C-K... so
some people might be inclined to say
"kuh-koo" okay? But the pronunciation is
"koo-koo," okay? Alright, everyone so please
repeat after me: He's cuckoo. Your turn.
Alright, very good! OK, now after me:
So Todd works until midnight every day!
Weekends too! He says he likes it!
That's right. He's definitely a little bit
cuckoo, I think. But I mean of course
working hard isn't such a bad thing, but
you know if you can do that for such a
long time and no break, yeah that is a
little bit crazy -- a little bit cuckoo, right?
OK, so hopefully all of you don't
need to work that hard, but please
remember this for next week, okay?
Alright, so our bonus question, everyone
this week is another way to say: "Rest"
I think Todd maybe needs to take a rest
too. Okay, but if you know how to say this
in a more natural way, leave it in the
comments below; I'll get back to you.
If you don't know, see if you can find the
answer in one of our previous Bizmates
for Beginners video lessons, okay?
Alright, everyone that is it for me this week,
thank you so much for watching. Enjoy
your weekend and I'm looking forward to
seeing you next Friday. See you later.
