2018.08.10
“A shot in the dark”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 257
A shot in the dark ってどういう意味？
A shot in the dark は、「当てずっぽう」という意味になります。
「当てずっぽうだけど・・・」や「情報が無い状態での推測ですが・・・」といった意味の前置きをしたい時、If I take a shot in the dark, … と言います。
A shot in the dark ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、メールがうまく送信できずに困っている同僚との会話の中で：
Justin: Do you know why I can’t send this e-mail attachment?
You: I’m not sure, but if I take a shot in the dark, maybe the file size is too big?
Justin: この添付ファイルが送れないのはなぜだかわかりますか？
You: 完全に当てずっぽうですけど、ファイルサイズが大きすぎるとかではないですか？
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Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:05.069,0:00:09.420
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.420,0:00:14.219
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:14.219,0:00:18.180
week everyone, we are going to learn:
"a shot in the dark."
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So let's find out how to use this and
what it means, but first everyone, do you
0:00:23.939,0:00:28.619
remember last week's class? I hope so
because we are going to start today with
0:00:28.619,0:00:35.880
a quick review. Alright everyone, so
imagine I say: I have extra tickets to
0:00:35.880,0:00:41.670
the baseball game this weekend,
and are you interested? But unfortunately,
0:00:41.670,0:00:47.460
you don't really like baseball that much.
So how do you say that using the
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expression from last week, everyone? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
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You ready? Okay go.
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Okay everyone, and time is up.
If you said: "thanks, but baseball is
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not my cup of tea" then that's exactly
right.
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Well done everyone. Thanks for
remembering last week's class. Okay so
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let's move on to: "a shot in the dark." Now
this is what I sometimes hear... alright
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so I'm speaking with Taro, my good
friend and colleague, and I'm having
0:01:21.479,0:01:26.880
some difficulties with my e-mail. I'm
trying to send this e-mail but it's not
0:01:26.880,0:01:30.990
working.
So I asked Taro: Taro, do you know why I
0:01:30.990,0:01:35.820
can't send this e-mail attachment? It's really frustrating, I've been trying for
0:01:35.820,0:01:44.040
the last few minutes. Taro says: I'm not
sure, but if I take a guess, maybe the
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file size is too big. Okay, I think you
are on to something. Maybe that's the
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problem.
Alright so Taro said: "but if I take a
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guess..." yeah, that's fine. He doesn't know
exactly so it's a random guess. Yes
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that's fine, I understand what Taro is
saying, but you might hear a native
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English speaker say something like this:
I'm not sure, but if I take a shot in the
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dark,
maybe the file size is too big. Alright
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so imagine, it's a dark room -- completely dark room
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alright? And there's a target, and
someone says try to hit the target, but
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it's dark. You can't see anything, so it's
very difficult to know exactly, you know,
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what to do or where the target is, right?
So it's "a shot in the dark." A shot in the
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dark, okay? So it's a random guess. You
don't have much information, you probably
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have no idea -- it's a shot in the dark.
Okay so for example, if someone says
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I don't know how old you are, but shot in
the dark, maybe late 20s, early 30s
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something like that, okay?
Alright, so pronunciation: "a shot
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in the dark" just as you see it here, so
please repeat after me: I'm not sure, but
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if I take a shot in the dark,
maybe the file size is too big? Okay it's
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a long sentence, so your turn, go for it.
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That's right. Okay now after my
question here: Hey, do you know why I
0:03:20.460,0:03:23.320
can't send this e-mail attachment?
0:03:27.780,0:03:30.640
Okay -- not sure but if I take a shot in the dark
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maybe the file size is too big. Okay?
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Alright everyone, so please remember this
for the review next week.
0:03:37.620,0:03:42.510
Okay our bonus question this week
everyone is another way to say: "to be in
0:03:42.510,0:03:46.530
a hard situation." If you know what the
answer is, please feel free to leave it
0:03:46.530,0:03:50.310
in the comments below. If you don't know
what the answer is, but you'd like to
0:03:50.310,0:03:55.109
find out, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:03:55.109,0:03:59.459
lessons, so take a look if you have the
time. Okay everyone so that is it for me
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this week, thank you always for watching.
Have a great weekend everyone
0:04:03.329,0:04:07.190
and I'll see you next time. Thank you.
Hello everyone. Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:05.069,0:00:09.420
video lesson where every week we
introduce a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:09.420,0:00:14.219
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:14.219,0:00:18.180
week everyone, we are going to learn:
"a shot in the dark."
0:00:18.180,0:00:23.939
So let's find out how to use this and
what it means, but first everyone, do you
0:00:23.939,0:00:28.619
remember last week's class? I hope so
because we are going to start today with
0:00:28.619,0:00:35.880
a quick review. Alright everyone, so
imagine I say: I have extra tickets to
0:00:35.880,0:00:41.670
the baseball game this weekend,
and are you interested? But unfortunately,
0:00:41.670,0:00:47.460
you don't really like baseball that much.
So how do you say that using the
0:00:47.460,0:00:51.180
expression from last week, everyone? I'll
give you five seconds to think about it.
0:00:51.180,0:00:53.640
You ready? Okay go.
0:00:57.540,0:01:02.260
Okay everyone, and time is up.
If you said: "thanks, but baseball is
0:01:02.260,0:01:06.060
not my cup of tea" then that's exactly
right.
0:01:06.060,0:01:10.260
Well done everyone. Thanks for
remembering last week's class. Okay so
0:01:10.260,0:01:16.500
let's move on to: "a shot in the dark." Now
this is what I sometimes hear... alright
0:01:16.500,0:01:21.479
so I'm speaking with Taro, my good
friend and colleague, and I'm having
0:01:21.479,0:01:26.880
some difficulties with my e-mail. I'm
trying to send this e-mail but it's not
0:01:26.880,0:01:30.990
working.
So I asked Taro: Taro, do you know why I
0:01:30.990,0:01:35.820
can't send this e-mail attachment? It's really frustrating, I've been trying for
0:01:35.820,0:01:44.040
the last few minutes. Taro says: I'm not
sure, but if I take a guess, maybe the
0:01:44.040,0:01:49.860
file size is too big. Okay, I think you
are on to something. Maybe that's the
0:01:49.860,0:01:53.040
problem.
Alright so Taro said: "but if I take a
0:01:53.040,0:01:58.829
guess..." yeah, that's fine. He doesn't know
exactly so it's a random guess. Yes
0:01:58.829,0:02:03.320
that's fine, I understand what Taro is
saying, but you might hear a native
0:02:03.320,0:02:09.179
English speaker say something like this:
I'm not sure, but if I take a shot in the
0:02:09.179,0:02:13.290
dark,
maybe the file size is too big. Alright
0:02:13.290,0:02:17.550
so imagine, it's a dark room -- completely dark room
0:02:17.550,0:02:23.129
alright? And there's a target, and
someone says try to hit the target, but
0:02:23.129,0:02:28.739
it's dark. You can't see anything, so it's
very difficult to know exactly, you know,
0:02:28.739,0:02:34.800
what to do or where the target is, right?
So it's "a shot in the dark." A shot in the
0:02:34.800,0:02:40.049
dark, okay? So it's a random guess. You
don't have much information, you probably
0:02:40.049,0:02:46.940
have no idea -- it's a shot in the dark.
Okay so for example, if someone says
0:02:46.940,0:02:53.780
I don't know how old you are, but shot in
the dark, maybe late 20s, early 30s
0:02:53.780,0:02:58.260
something like that, okay?
Alright, so pronunciation: "a shot
0:02:58.260,0:03:04.019
in the dark" just as you see it here, so
please repeat after me: I'm not sure, but
0:03:04.019,0:03:08.880
if I take a shot in the dark,
maybe the file size is too big? Okay it's
0:03:08.880,0:03:11.880
a long sentence, so your turn, go for it.
0:03:15.220,0:03:20.440
That's right. Okay now after my
question here: Hey, do you know why I
0:03:20.460,0:03:23.320
can't send this e-mail attachment?
0:03:27.780,0:03:30.640
Okay -- not sure but if I take a shot in the dark
0:03:30.640,0:03:34.200
maybe the file size is too big. Okay?
0:03:34.200,0:03:37.620
Alright everyone, so please remember this
for the review next week.
0:03:37.620,0:03:42.510
Okay our bonus question this week
everyone is another way to say: "to be in
0:03:42.510,0:03:46.530
a hard situation." If you know what the
answer is, please feel free to leave it
0:03:46.530,0:03:50.310
in the comments below. If you don't know
what the answer is, but you'd like to
0:03:50.310,0:03:55.109
find out, you can find it in one of our
previous Bizmates for Beginners video
0:03:55.109,0:03:59.459
lessons, so take a look if you have the
time. Okay everyone so that is it for me
0:03:59.459,0:04:03.329
this week, thank you always for watching.
Have a great weekend everyone
0:04:03.329,0:04:07.190
and I'll see you next time. Thank you.
