Tip 156 ”It’s been blown out of proportion.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第156弾は、”It’s been blown out of proportion.” です。

噂が噂を呼び実際より誇張された話になることってありますよね。今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。

例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“I heard you had a big fight with Kato-san.”「カトウさんと派手に喧嘩したんだって。」と言いました。
「そんなことないよ、大げさだよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？

“No, no. It is overreaction.”「そんなことないよ、オーバーだよ。」
でも伝わるかもしれませんが、少々不自然です。

そこで
“No, no. It’s been blown out of proportion.”「そんなことないよ、大げさだよ。」
と言ってみましょう。

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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series

and today's phrase is "It's been blown
out of proportion."

Blow out! Blown out of proportion. What does this mean?

We will find out, but first let's do our

test okay. So we're colleagues and I ask you

Hey have you finished the report? And you
say...

not "I have to do a bit more work to
finish it"

you could just say... that's right

Just need to tie up loose ends okay
almost finished.

Just need to finish some.. a few parts just a little bit more

just tying those strings. Okay I hope you
got that

let's go on to today's phrase "It's been
blown out of proportion."

this is usually when we talk
about rumors

or gossip, you know. So for example I tell Taro, I say to Taro:

"I heard you had a big fight with
Kato-san."

Everyone is talking about it and Taro

says "No no, it is overreaction."

okay overreaction -- it's a little bit strange
to use this

in this situation. Okay so many people

are talking about this and there's "Oh

Taro and Kato-san had a big fight..."

its kind of getting too much

It was a small fight but many
people are making it sound like a big

fight.

Yeah like an overreaction, but it's a bit
unnatural to use

this word like this. A more natural way
to explain this

is like this: So I say

"You know Taro I heard you had a big
fight with Kato-san and he says"

"No no, it's been blown out of
proportion."

okay so it's a small it was a small
fight

but because of the gossip, the rumors
it's become a big story

but it's not it's really just a small
incident

okay that's what it means, it's been
blown up out of proportion

kinda like blowing up a balloon

you know those little balloons... it's
actually

a small balloon but more people talk, more people talk

and the balloon becomes bigger bigger
bigger. Blown out of proportion

Okay so let's look at pronunciation. It's

No no it's been blown out of proportion
it's been

blownoutuv proportion

It's been blown out of proportion. You
try... Good okay with

my sentence "I heard you had a big
fight with Kato-san."

Oh, I see, I see. So not so big.

Okay so for homework next time I
will say:

I heard you had a big fight with Kato-san. and you just say...

No no, it's been blown out of proportion.

okay please remember this and we will
see you

next time. Thank you.