2018.04.06
“Feeling blue”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 239
Feeling blue ってどういう意味？
Feeling blue は「ブルーになっている」「落ち込んでいる」という意味になります。
1385年に Complaint of Mars という詩の”With tears blue and with a wounded heart” という一節の中で”blue”が涙と関連づけられていたことから、昔から青が悲しみを連想させていたことがわかります。
Feeling blue ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、業績評価が芳しくなかった同僚について噂している時に：
Justin: I heard Jimmy’s evaluation didn’t go well. Is he OK?
You: I don’t think so. He must be feeling blue.
Justin: ジミーさんの業績評価が良くなかったそうですね。彼は大丈夫ですか？
You: 大丈夫じゃないと思うよ。落ち込んでるんじゃないかな。
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Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
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where every week we introduce a new
idiom, phrase or expression to help you
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with your daily business conversation.
And today everyone we are going to go
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over the expression: "feeling blue." So
let's find out how to use it and what it
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means in our class today, but first as
always everyone, let's do a quick review
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of last week's expression. Alright
everyone so imagine I asked you: How much
0:00:35.130,0:00:41.430
do you think it will cost to develop the
system? Okay but you are not sure, but
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maybe it's around 8 million yen okay? So
how do you say that using the expression
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from last week? I'll give you five
seconds to think about it, are you ready?
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Alright go?
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Alright and time is up. If you
said "I'm not sure, but I'd say in the
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ballpark of 8 million yen" then
that's exactly right. Well done and thank
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you for remembering last week's class.
OK everyone so let's move on to
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"feeling blue" now this is what I
sometimes hear... alright so I'm speaking
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with my colleague, Taro and I say: Taro,
you know I heard Jimmy' sevaluation
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didn't go well. Is he OK? Taro says:
I don't think so. He must be feeling sad.
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OK that's fine, it's easy to understand but
you might hear a native English speaker
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say something like this: I don't think so.
He must be "feeling blue." Alright so
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whenever something bad happens, you're
feeling unhappy, you're feeling sad
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you're feeling down - you're feeling blue.
OK everyone? Alright now pronunciation,
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it's just as you see it here
"feeling blue" alright?
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So please repeat after me: I don't think
so. He must be feeling blue. Your turn.
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Alright good.
So now after my question here:
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O heard Jimmy's evaluation didn't go well. Is he okay?
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Alright good. I don't think so. He must
be feeling blue.
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Alright well hopefully things look up
for Jimmy soon okay.
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Alright everyone so please remember
this for next time. Alright our bonus
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question today everyone is another way
to say: "concentrate to finish." If you know
0:02:37.680,0:02:41.910
what the answer is, please leave it in
the comments box below, and if you don't
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know what the answer is, well you are in
luck because you can find it in one of
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our previous Bizmates for Beginners
video lessons. Alright everyone so please
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take a look if you have the time. Alright that is it for me this week
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everyone. Thank you very much for
watching, have a great weekend and I'll
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see you next time. Thank you.
Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
0:00:05.580,0:00:10.530
where every week we introduce a new
idiom, phrase or expression to help you
0:00:10.530,0:00:16.170
with your daily business conversation.
And today everyone we are going to go
0:00:16.170,0:00:23.160
over the expression: "feeling blue." So
let's find out how to use it and what it
0:00:23.160,0:00:28.349
means in our class today, but first as
always everyone, let's do a quick review
0:00:28.349,0:00:35.130
of last week's expression. Alright
everyone so imagine I asked you: How much
0:00:35.130,0:00:41.430
do you think it will cost to develop the
system? Okay but you are not sure, but
0:00:41.430,0:00:48.300
maybe it's around 8 million yen okay? So
how do you say that using the expression
0:00:48.300,0:00:51.870
from last week? I'll give you five
seconds to think about it, are you ready?
0:00:51.870,0:00:53.620
Alright go?
0:00:53.620,0:00:55.620
Alright and time is up. If you
said "I'm not sure, but I'd say in the
0:01:03.090,0:01:09.000
ballpark of 8 million yen" then
that's exactly right. Well done and thank
0:01:09.000,0:01:13.530
you for remembering last week's class.
OK everyone so let's move on to
0:01:13.530,0:01:18.930
"feeling blue" now this is what I
sometimes hear... alright so I'm speaking
0:01:18.930,0:01:24.659
with my colleague, Taro and I say: Taro,
you know I heard Jimmy' sevaluation
0:01:24.659,0:01:33.360
didn't go well. Is he OK? Taro says:
I don't think so. He must be feeling sad.
0:01:33.360,0:01:38.180
OK that's fine, it's easy to understand but
you might hear a native English speaker
0:01:38.180,0:01:45.329
say something like this: I don't think so.
He must be "feeling blue." Alright so
0:01:45.329,0:01:50.189
whenever something bad happens, you're
feeling unhappy, you're feeling sad
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you're feeling down - you're feeling blue.
OK everyone? Alright now pronunciation,
0:01:56.430,0:01:59.759
it's just as you see it here
"feeling blue" alright?
0:01:59.760,0:02:06.060
So please repeat after me: I don't think
so. He must be feeling blue. Your turn.
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Alright good.
So now after my question here:
0:02:13.060,0:02:17.180
O heard Jimmy's evaluation didn't go well. Is he okay?
0:02:19.740,0:02:23.700
Alright good. I don't think so. He must
be feeling blue.
0:02:23.700,0:02:27.450
Alright well hopefully things look up
for Jimmy soon okay.
0:02:27.450,0:02:31.860
Alright everyone so please remember
this for next time. Alright our bonus
0:02:31.860,0:02:37.680
question today everyone is another way
to say: "concentrate to finish." If you know
0:02:37.680,0:02:41.910
what the answer is, please leave it in
the comments box below, and if you don't
0:02:41.910,0:02:46.200
know what the answer is, well you are in
luck because you can find it in one of
0:02:46.200,0:02:51.600
our previous Bizmates for Beginners
video lessons. Alright everyone so please
0:02:51.600,0:02:55.739
take a look if you have the time. Alright that is it for me this week
0:02:55.739,0:02:59.910
everyone. Thank you very much for
watching, have a great weekend and I'll
0:02:59.910,0:03:03.410
see you next time. Thank you.
