2019.12.23
“Walk On Thin Ice”の意味と使い方 Bizmates 初級ビジネス英会話 Point 325
Walk on thin ice ってどういう意味？
Walk on thin ice は凍った池の上を歩くように「危ない橋を渡る」「危険な立場に立つ」ことを表す英語表現です。
Walk on thin iceってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、職場での会話で：
Justin: The new staff is late again…
You: Again?! Well he’s walking on thin ice.
Justin: また新入社員が遅れてきてます。
You: またですか！？ いつクビになってもおかしくないですね。
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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
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
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expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
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week everyone, since it is starting to
get a bit colder here in Tokyo, we are
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going to do something winter themed. And
the expression is: To Walk On Thin Ice.
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Alright, so let's find out what this
means and how to use it. But first, let's
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do a quick review of last week's lesson.
Alright everyone, so imagine I ask you:
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What do you think about the new vendor?
But they are not very consistent, meaning
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sometimes they're good sometimes they're
bad. So how do you say that using the
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expression from last week? I'll give you
5 seconds. Are you ready? Ok go!
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Alright and time is up. If you said: Yeah, they're
hit or miss. They need to be more
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consistent. Then that's exactly right.
Well done and thank you for remembering
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last week's lesson. Ok everyone, let's
move on to: Walk On Thin Ice. Now this is
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what I sometimes hear: Alright, so I'm at
the office. I'm talking to my good friend
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and colleague Taro and I say to Taro: The
new staff is late again.
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So recently, let's imagine we hired a new
employee. But they're always late, they
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don't really do their job very well, and
they are always tardy, meaning they come
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to work late. This is not a very good
situation, so Taro says: Again?! Yes, he's in
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a dangerous situation. Right, yeah if you
are a new employee, or a new staff, you
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want to present a good image. You want to
put your best self forward. So if you are
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always late, yeah it's not a very good
situation and if you continue this
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situation, well maybe your job won't last
for very long. So it's kind of
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dangerous situation. Alright, now this is
good but Taro could say again: He's
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walking on thin ice. Okay, so imagine that
you are on a lake. Okay?
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And it's very cold. Okay? So the top part
the top layer of the lake,
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okay, has ice but it's very thin. Okay, so
if you're walking on the thin ice the
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chance that you will fall through the
ice into the very cold water is very
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high. This is of course a very dangerous
situation. You don't want it, okay. So if
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someone is in a dangerous situation, they
are walking on thin ice or they are on
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thin ice. Okay, so for example the company
is on thin ice. We need to really improve
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our sales. Okay, for example. Alright so pronunciation
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here everyone. So please repeat after me:
Walking on thin ice. Okay, walking on, so
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when you say it quickly these two join
together. Walking on thin ice. Alright
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so your turn. Please repeat.
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Good good. Okay, now after my comment here:
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So the new staff is late again.
What do you think?
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Again?! Well he's walking on thin ice. He's in a dangerous
situation. Okay so please remember this
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next time.
Okay everyone, so our bonus question is
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another way to say: Anket or Enquete.
Actually, I hear this quite a lot in
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Japan. I believe this is a French word
comes from a French origin. So how do you
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say this in a better way? Please let me
know in the comments below. If you know
0:04:05.580,0:04:10.470
what a better way to say this is, if you
don't know we covered this in one of our
0:04:10.470,0:04:16.049
previous videos so take a look if you
have the time. Okay everyone, so that is
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it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching. Have a great week and I look
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forward to seeing you next time. Bye bye!
Hello everyone! Justin here and welcome
back to another Bizmates for Beginners
0:00:04.230,0:00:08.519
video lesson where every week we
introduced a new idiom, phrase, or
0:00:08.519,0:00:13.410
expression that you can use in your
daily business conversation. And this
0:00:13.410,0:00:18.510
week everyone, since it is starting to
get a bit colder here in Tokyo, we are
0:00:18.510,0:00:25.260
going to do something winter themed. And
the expression is: To Walk On Thin Ice.
0:00:25.260,0:00:29.580
Alright, so let's find out what this
means and how to use it. But first, let's
0:00:29.580,0:00:34.440
do a quick review of last week's lesson.
Alright everyone, so imagine I ask you:
0:00:34.440,0:00:41.340
What do you think about the new vendor?
But they are not very consistent, meaning
0:00:41.340,0:00:46.890
sometimes they're good sometimes they're
bad. So how do you say that using the
0:00:46.890,0:00:56.219
expression from last week? I'll give you
5 seconds. Are you ready? Ok go!
0:00:56.219,0:01:02.730
Alright and time is up. If you said: Yeah, they're
hit or miss. They need to be more
0:01:02.730,0:01:07.380
consistent. Then that's exactly right.
Well done and thank you for remembering
0:01:07.380,0:01:14.310
last week's lesson. Ok everyone, let's
move on to: Walk On Thin Ice. Now this is
0:01:14.310,0:01:20.520
what I sometimes hear: Alright, so I'm at
the office. I'm talking to my good friend
0:01:20.520,0:01:27.509
and colleague Taro and I say to Taro: The
new staff is late again.
0:01:27.509,0:01:34.979
So recently, let's imagine we hired a new
employee. But they're always late, they
0:01:34.979,0:01:40.140
don't really do their job very well, and
they are always tardy, meaning they come
0:01:40.140,0:01:47.310
to work late. This is not a very good
situation, so Taro says: Again?! Yes, he's in
0:01:47.310,0:01:54.000
a dangerous situation. Right, yeah if you
are a new employee, or a new staff, you
0:01:54.000,0:02:01.110
want to present a good image. You want to
put your best self forward. So if you are
0:02:01.110,0:02:07.250
always late, yeah it's not a very good
situation and if you continue this
0:02:07.250,0:02:13.380
situation, well maybe your job won't last
for very long. So it's kind of
0:02:13.380,0:02:19.890
dangerous situation. Alright, now this is
good but Taro could say again: He's
0:02:19.890,0:02:28.560
walking on thin ice. Okay, so imagine that
you are on a lake. Okay?
0:02:28.560,0:02:35.940
And it's very cold. Okay? So the top part
the top layer of the lake,
0:02:35.940,0:02:42.350
okay, has ice but it's very thin. Okay, so
if you're walking on the thin ice the
0:02:42.350,0:02:48.750
chance that you will fall through the
ice into the very cold water is very
0:02:48.750,0:02:54.500
high. This is of course a very dangerous
situation. You don't want it, okay. So if
0:02:54.500,0:03:03.140
someone is in a dangerous situation, they
are walking on thin ice or they are on
0:03:03.140,0:03:11.910
thin ice. Okay, so for example the company
is on thin ice. We need to really improve
0:03:11.910,0:03:16.560
our sales. Okay, for example. Alright so pronunciation
0:03:16.560,0:03:23.250
here everyone. So please repeat after me:
Walking on thin ice. Okay, walking on, so
0:03:23.250,0:03:28.820
when you say it quickly these two join
together. Walking on thin ice. Alright
0:03:28.820,0:03:30.400
so your turn. Please repeat.
0:03:33.020,0:03:35.560
Good good. Okay, now after my comment here:
0:03:35.660,0:03:40.120
So the new staff is late again.
What do you think?
0:03:43.800,0:03:48.690
Again?! Well he's walking on thin ice. He's in a dangerous
situation. Okay so please remember this
0:03:48.690,0:03:52.050
next time.
Okay everyone, so our bonus question is
0:03:52.050,0:03:57.060
another way to say: Anket or Enquete.
Actually, I hear this quite a lot in
0:03:57.060,0:04:01.860
Japan. I believe this is a French word
comes from a French origin. So how do you
0:04:01.860,0:04:05.580
say this in a better way? Please let me
know in the comments below. If you know
0:04:05.580,0:04:10.470
what a better way to say this is, if you
don't know we covered this in one of our
0:04:10.470,0:04:16.049
previous videos so take a look if you
have the time. Okay everyone, so that is
0:04:16.049,0:04:21.090
it for us this week. Thank you always for
watching. Have a great week and I look
0:04:21.090,0:04:23.660
forward to seeing you next time. Bye bye!
