a red flag

意味

a sign that something may be wrong or dangerous

何かがおかしい、または危ないかもしれないという兆し.

例文

1. 1A landlord who won't show you the flat before you pay is a red flag.
2. 2The missing reviews were a red flag, so we booked a different hotel.
3. 3When the seller asked me to pay in cash before I'd seen the car, that was a red flag.
4. 4Is it a red flag if a new friend never lets you meet their other friends?
5. 5The sudden silence in the team chat was a red flag that something had gone wrong.

文法

可算名詞：a red flag、複数形は red flags。be、see、raise の後によく来る。