2019.07.26
“(Something) Is Rocky”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 304
(Something) is rocky ってどういう意味？
(Something) is rockyは「不安定な」「問題を抱えた」という意で、議論や人間関係などが安定しない場面を表すために使われる英語表現です。たとえば、”Things are rocky” は物事が「うまく行っていない」という意味になります。
(Something) is rocky ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: Is everything going okay in your team?
You: Unfortunately, things are rocky.
Justin: チームの皆さんとうまく行っていますか？
You: 残念ながら、うまく行っていません。
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Hello everyone! Justin here and I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.799,0:00:09.570
video lesson where every week we
introduce new idiom, phrase, or expression
0:00:09.570,0:00:14.370
that you can use in your daily business
conversation. This week everyone we are
0:00:14.370,0:00:20.970
going to learn: Something Is Rocky. Okay
so what does this mean let's find out.
0:00:20.970,0:00:26.310
But first as always, let's do a quick
review of last week's lesson. Alright
0:00:26.310,0:00:31.769
everyone so imagine I say to you: Hey, are
you okay? That seemed like a tough
0:00:31.769,0:00:36.989
meeting! And yes, it was a tough meeting
because maybe people were getting kind
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of angry and emotional. So how do you say
that using the expression from last week?
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You've got five seconds. Are you ready?
Okay go!
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Right and time is up. If you said:
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Yes. The meeting got heated. Then that's
exactly right.
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Well done thank you for remembering last
week's class. Alright, let's move on to when:
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(Something) Is Rocky. What does this
mean? Let's find out. Okay, so what I
0:01:08.250,0:01:13.380
sometimes hear now. I'm talking to my
good friend and colleague Taro and I'm a
0:01:13.380,0:01:18.659
little bit let's say worried about his
team and the atmosphere. So I say:
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Hey Taro, it was everything going okay in
your team? Taro says: Yeah, unfortunately
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things are not smooth. Things aren't
going very well. I see okay now this is
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fine, not smooth, it's simple, it's easy, to
understand, good job. But you might hear a
0:01:37.710,0:01:43.979
Native English-speaker say:
Unfortunately, things are rocky. Okay
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things are difficult, it's not going well.
It's not smooth, it's very rocky. Okay, so
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you can use this in a number of
different ways. So for example, let's
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imagine the relationship between two
colleagues isn't going very well.
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You could say yeah they have a rocky
relationship. Okay or maybe the business
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performance is a bit rocky. It's not
going very well it's not very
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smooth, it's rocky. Okay everyone, alright,
so pronunciation. So please repeat after me:
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Things are rocky. Your turn!
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Alright very good. Now after my question,
so hey is everything going okay in your team?
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Alright, it's good. Unfortunately,
yeah things are rocky or things are a
0:02:37.500,0:02:42.900
bit rocky. And not smooth, not going so
well. Okay alright, so please remember
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this for next time. Okay everyone, our
bonus question this week is another way
0:02:47.370,0:02:53.549
to say: My schedule is too busy. Alright,
if you know a better way to say this, you
0:02:53.549,0:02:57.389
can leave it in the comments below. If
not, well don't worry because we've
0:02:57.389,0:03:01.769
covered it in one of our previous
lessons so take a look if you have the
0:03:01.769,0:03:07.049
time. Okay everyone, so that is it for us
this week! Thank you always for watching.
0:03:07.049,0:03:11.870
Take care everyone and we will see you
next time. Bye bye!
Hello everyone! Justin here and I am back
with another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.799,0:00:09.570
video lesson where every week we
introduce new idiom, phrase, or expression
0:00:09.570,0:00:14.370
that you can use in your daily business
conversation. This week everyone we are
0:00:14.370,0:00:20.970
going to learn: Something Is Rocky. Okay
so what does this mean let's find out.
0:00:20.970,0:00:26.310
But first as always, let's do a quick
review of last week's lesson. Alright
0:00:26.310,0:00:31.769
everyone so imagine I say to you: Hey, are
you okay? That seemed like a tough
0:00:31.769,0:00:36.989
meeting! And yes, it was a tough meeting
because maybe people were getting kind
0:00:36.989,0:00:42.750
of angry and emotional. So how do you say
that using the expression from last week?
0:00:42.750,0:00:46.420
You've got five seconds. Are you ready?
Okay go!
0:00:50.640,0:00:53.480
Right and time is up. If you said:
0:00:53.489,0:00:57.600
Yes. The meeting got heated. Then that's
exactly right.
0:00:57.600,0:01:02.430
Well done thank you for remembering last
week's class. Alright, let's move on to when:
0:01:02.430,0:01:08.250
(Something) Is Rocky. What does this
mean? Let's find out. Okay, so what I
0:01:08.250,0:01:13.380
sometimes hear now. I'm talking to my
good friend and colleague Taro and I'm a
0:01:13.380,0:01:18.659
little bit let's say worried about his
team and the atmosphere. So I say:
0:01:18.659,0:01:26.189
Hey Taro, it was everything going okay in
your team? Taro says: Yeah, unfortunately
0:01:26.189,0:01:32.369
things are not smooth. Things aren't
going very well. I see okay now this is
0:01:32.369,0:01:37.710
fine, not smooth, it's simple, it's easy, to
understand, good job. But you might hear a
0:01:37.710,0:01:43.979
Native English-speaker say:
Unfortunately, things are rocky. Okay
0:01:43.979,0:01:50.369
things are difficult, it's not going well.
It's not smooth, it's very rocky. Okay, so
0:01:50.369,0:01:55.290
you can use this in a number of
different ways. So for example, let's
0:01:55.290,0:02:01.380
imagine the relationship between two
colleagues isn't going very well.
0:02:01.380,0:02:09.119
You could say yeah they have a rocky
relationship. Okay or maybe the business
0:02:09.119,0:02:13.650
performance is a bit rocky. It's not
going very well it's not very
0:02:13.650,0:02:19.520
smooth, it's rocky. Okay everyone, alright,
so pronunciation. So please repeat after me:
0:02:19.520,0:02:22.540
Things are rocky. Your turn!
0:02:25.360,0:02:30.080
Alright very good. Now after my question,
so hey is everything going okay in your team?
0:02:34.160,0:02:37.500
Alright, it's good. Unfortunately,
yeah things are rocky or things are a
0:02:37.500,0:02:42.900
bit rocky. And not smooth, not going so
well. Okay alright, so please remember
0:02:42.900,0:02:47.370
this for next time. Okay everyone, our
bonus question this week is another way
0:02:47.370,0:02:53.549
to say: My schedule is too busy. Alright,
if you know a better way to say this, you
0:02:53.549,0:02:57.389
can leave it in the comments below. If
not, well don't worry because we've
0:02:57.389,0:03:01.769
covered it in one of our previous
lessons so take a look if you have the
0:03:01.769,0:03:07.049
time. Okay everyone, so that is it for us
this week! Thank you always for watching.
0:03:07.049,0:03:11.870
Take care everyone and we will see you
next time. Bye bye!
