2010年8月24日火曜日

お天気雨を英語でなんと言うか?

sun shower, the devil is beating his wife(アメリカ南部)といいます。日本の狐の嫁入りよろしく fox's wedding で通じる地域が世界には複数存在します。0:29 if it rained while the Sun was shining it meant that the Devil was beating his wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdMLD9MRok4  5:32 the devil is beating his wife.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hptbpkyyE  5:33 in Japan, rain that falls amid sunshine is commonly called fox's wedding.
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21:02 what is going to happen to the US economy is going to make Hurricane Irma look like a sun shower. これからアメリカ経済に起こる危機は、ハリケーンアーマがお天気雨に思えるほど、悲惨なものになるだろう。

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1:44 the devil is beating his wife. this is a phrase that's more commonly used in the Southern United States and it's used to describe a sun shower. アメリカ南部で主に使われている狐の嫁入りはお天気雨のことです。

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