outstay your welcome
/ˌaʊtˈsteɪ jə ˈwelkəm/NEUTRAL · C2
日本語では近い表現
尻が長い
直訳: «歓迎より長く居る»
意味
to stay somewhere as a guest for too long
客として長居しすぎる.
例文
- 1We left after lunch because we didn't want to outstay our welcome.
- 2My cousin came for a weekend, stayed three weeks and really outstayed his welcome.
- 3I'd love another coffee, but it's late and I don't want to outstay my welcome.
- 4The guests had outstayed their welcome, so Tom started loudly washing the dishes.
- 5Do you think we're outstaying our welcome? Your parents keep looking at the clock.
文法
形が変わるのは outstay だけ:outstays、outstaying、outstayed。your は主語に合わせて変わる。アメリカ英語では overstay と言う。
「家」の他のイディオム
このテーマの20個とテストへ →20テーマ・400のイディオムを、忘れさせない復習と一緒に
ここではいくつかの質問だけ。アプリなら16の練習モード、日本語の近い表現、復習のタイミングを教えてくれる間隔反復があります。
