► 成句
だけに [(2)だけに] [だけ＋に] [liter] meaning: because rank: 3
☆ お母さんは年が年だけにとても心配だ ⇨ I am very worried about mom because of her advanced age (☛ more so because of such and such reason)
☆ 前評判が高かっただけに余り大したことがなくて余計がっかりした ⇨ It was not that good and I was even more disappointed because there had been so much hype around it (☛ more so because of such and such reason)
More examples:
- 御飯は温めればいいだけにして置くから ⇨ I will prepare the meal so that you only have to heat it
- 奴隷制の産物は貧富の差だけに留まらない ⇨ The product, legacy, of the slavery is not just the differences in wealth
- 二人だけにしてくれる？ ⇨ Will you leave us two alone?
- それは上っ面を真似しただけに過ぎない ⇨ It just copied the surface (not the substance)
- 最初からこうなると分かっていただけに何とも馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is very stupid because we knew this would happen
- 彼は単に推量しているだけに過ぎない ⇨ He is only speculating
- それは小数の人間が言っているだけに過ぎない ⇨ That’s just something a small group of people is claiming
- 彼のためだけに規則を曲げることは出来ない ⇨ We can’t bend the rules just for him
- 彼は相手を一点だけに抑えた ⇨ He held the opponent to just one score