2018.05.04
“Put one’s foot down”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 243
Put one’s foot down ってどういう意味？
Put one’s foot down は足を地面につけ、てこでも動かさないかのように意見を曲げない強い姿勢を示すことを指します。日本語で言う「断固として譲らない」や「断固拒否」と似た意味で使われます。
同じ意味の表現に “Take a firm stand” というものもあります。
Put one’s foot down ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、言うことを聞かない部下たちに悩まされている同僚にアドバイスを送る際に：
Justin: Sometimes my staff don’t listen to me. What should I do?
You: You are the boss. You have to put your foot down.
Justin: 部下が言うことを聞いてくれないことがあるんです。どうすればいいでしょう？
You: あなたが上司なのですから、強い姿勢を見せなければなりません。
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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
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:10.050,0:00:15.480
expression to help you with your daily
business conversation. And this week
0:00:15.480,0:00:22.439
everyone we are going to learn the
expression: "to put one's foot down."
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OK so it's a good one, if you're curious and
you want to know what it means and how
0:00:26.279,0:00:29.929
to use it,
alright stay tuned but first as always,
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let's do a quick review of last week's
class.
0:00:33.960,0:00:39.960
Alright so imagine I asked you:
Do you ever talk to the guy in the corner?
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Alright he's always sitting by himself
and you think that he's kind of unique
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or kind of maybe a little bit strange. So
what do you say using the expression
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from last week to describe that person?
I'll give you five seconds to think
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about it okay? You ready?
Alright go!
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Okay and time is up.
If you said
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"Well, never. He's the black sheep of
the group" then that's exactly right.
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Well done and thanks for remembering
last week's class. Okay so let's move on
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to: "put one's foot down." Now this is what
I sometimes hear -- alright so I'm speaking
0:01:24.450,0:01:30.659
to Taro, my good colleague, and I say:
Taro, you know sometimes my staff, they don't
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listen to me. So what should I do?
Okay Taro says: Well, you're the boss, right?
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So you have to be strict. Yes, so you're
the leader, you're the person in
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authority, so you have to be strict -- tell
them what to do, okay use your power.
0:01:48.990,0:01:53.790
Now, although this is fine, we might use a
different expression and you might hear
0:01:53.790,0:01:59.670
a native English speaker say something
like this: Okay, so you are the boss. So
0:01:59.670,0:02:07.890
you have to put your foot down. So what
this means is you use your position of
0:02:07.890,0:02:13.770
authority, okay -- your power, to make sure
people do something or to make sure
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well don't do something okay? So if
you're the boss or if you're a parent,
0:02:18.690,0:02:24.240
for example, or if you're like the team
captain or team leader, you use your
0:02:24.240,0:02:30.540
power and you use your authority, in that position, to make sure
0:02:30.540,0:02:37.050
people do what you want them to do, or
what you don't want them to do. So you
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put your foot down okay? You have a
strong position, you said "no, this is what
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you're going to do because I'm the boss"
alright? So you use your position as a
0:02:47.700,0:02:54.090
source of power and authority, okay?
All right, so yeah maybe I'm a little bit too
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kind you know, I don't really want people
to, you know, dislike me but you know
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sometimes if you're the boss, you have to
put your foot down and tell people what
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you want them to do or don't want them
to do because, well I'm the person in
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power, right now okay? Put your foot down.
All right so pronunciation, it's as you
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see it here, but when a native English
speaker says this very quickly, they may
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drop the "T" here and here okay?
So instead of put your foot down,
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it's pu' your foo' down, okay?
So there might not be a very strong
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"T" sound here and here. Okay so please
repeat after me: put your foot down.
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Your turn.
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Good all right now after my question here:
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You know sometimes my staff don't
listen to me. What should I do?
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Yeah that's right. You're the boss, so you
have to put your foot down.
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Right. Use your power. Okay, all right so remember
that for next time. Our bonus question
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this week is another way to say:
"troublesome." If you know what the answer
0:04:05.100,0:04:09.060
is, you can leave it in the comments
below. If you don't know what the answer
0:04:09.060,0:04:13.709
is, well you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:04:13.709,0:04:18.959
lessons so take a look if you are
interested. Alright everyone so that is
0:04:18.959,0:04:22.710
it for me this week, thank you so much
for watching. As always have a great
0:04:22.710,0:04:25.790
weekend, see you next time.
Hello everyone, Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:05.220,0:00:10.050
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:10.050,0:00:15.480
expression to help you with your daily
business conversation. And this week
0:00:15.480,0:00:22.439
everyone we are going to learn the
expression: "to put one's foot down."
0:00:22.439,0:00:26.279
OK so it's a good one, if you're curious and
you want to know what it means and how
0:00:26.279,0:00:29.929
to use it,
alright stay tuned but first as always,
0:00:29.929,0:00:33.960
let's do a quick review of last week's
class.
0:00:33.960,0:00:39.960
Alright so imagine I asked you:
Do you ever talk to the guy in the corner?
0:00:39.960,0:00:45.960
Alright he's always sitting by himself
and you think that he's kind of unique
0:00:45.960,0:00:52.530
or kind of maybe a little bit strange. So
what do you say using the expression
0:00:52.530,0:00:57.629
from last week to describe that person?
I'll give you five seconds to think
0:00:57.629,0:01:00.920
about it okay? You ready?
Alright go!
0:01:04.900,0:01:07.440
Okay and time is up.
If you said
0:01:07.480,0:01:12.500
"Well, never. He's the black sheep of
the group" then that's exactly right.
0:01:12.510,0:01:17.310
Well done and thanks for remembering
last week's class. Okay so let's move on
0:01:17.310,0:01:24.450
to: "put one's foot down." Now this is what
I sometimes hear -- alright so I'm speaking
0:01:24.450,0:01:30.659
to Taro, my good colleague, and I say:
Taro, you know sometimes my staff, they don't
0:01:30.659,0:01:37.740
listen to me. So what should I do?
Okay Taro says: Well, you're the boss, right?
0:01:37.740,0:01:43.439
So you have to be strict. Yes, so you're
the leader, you're the person in
0:01:43.439,0:01:48.990
authority, so you have to be strict -- tell
them what to do, okay use your power.
0:01:48.990,0:01:53.790
Now, although this is fine, we might use a
different expression and you might hear
0:01:53.790,0:01:59.670
a native English speaker say something
like this: Okay, so you are the boss. So
0:01:59.670,0:02:07.890
you have to put your foot down. So what
this means is you use your position of
0:02:07.890,0:02:13.770
authority, okay -- your power, to make sure
people do something or to make sure
0:02:13.770,0:02:18.690
well don't do something okay? So if
you're the boss or if you're a parent,
0:02:18.690,0:02:24.240
for example, or if you're like the team
captain or team leader, you use your
0:02:24.240,0:02:30.540
power and you use your authority, in that position, to make sure
0:02:30.540,0:02:37.050
people do what you want them to do, or
what you don't want them to do. So you
0:02:37.050,0:02:42.450
put your foot down okay? You have a
strong position, you said "no, this is what
0:02:42.450,0:02:47.700
you're going to do because I'm the boss"
alright? So you use your position as a
0:02:47.700,0:02:54.090
source of power and authority, okay?
All right, so yeah maybe I'm a little bit too
0:02:54.090,0:02:59.940
kind you know, I don't really want people
to, you know, dislike me but you know
0:02:59.940,0:03:04.500
sometimes if you're the boss, you have to
put your foot down and tell people what
0:03:04.500,0:03:09.270
you want them to do or don't want them
to do because, well I'm the person in
0:03:09.270,0:03:15.810
power, right now okay? Put your foot down.
All right so pronunciation, it's as you
0:03:15.810,0:03:20.940
see it here, but when a native English
speaker says this very quickly, they may
0:03:20.940,0:03:28.300
drop the "T" here and here okay?
So instead of put your foot down,
0:03:28.320,0:03:32.660
it's pu' your foo' down, okay?
So there might not be a very strong
0:03:32.670,0:03:38.940
"T" sound here and here. Okay so please
repeat after me: put your foot down.
0:03:38.940,0:03:39.620
Your turn.
0:03:41.620,0:03:44.100
Good all right now after my question here:
0:03:44.200,0:03:49.040
You know sometimes my staff don't
listen to me. What should I do?
0:03:51.460,0:03:55.120
Yeah that's right. You're the boss, so you
have to put your foot down.
0:03:55.180,0:04:00.740
Right. Use your power. Okay, all right so remember
that for next time. Our bonus question
0:04:00.750,0:04:05.100
this week is another way to say:
"troublesome." If you know what the answer
0:04:05.100,0:04:09.060
is, you can leave it in the comments
below. If you don't know what the answer
0:04:09.060,0:04:13.709
is, well you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:04:13.709,0:04:18.959
lessons so take a look if you are
interested. Alright everyone so that is
0:04:18.959,0:04:22.710
it for me this week, thank you so much
for watching. As always have a great
0:04:22.710,0:04:25.790
weekend, see you next time.
