► 名詞
外れ [はずれ] meaning: bad rank: 1
☆ この車は外れだった ⇨ This car has turned out to be a lemon
外れ [はずれ] meaning: miss rank: 1
☆ 宝くじの券は外れだった ⇨ The lottery ticket was not a winner
外れ [はずれ] meaning: wrong rank: 1
☆ 予想は外れだった ⇨ The prediction was wrong
More examples:
- 彼は人並み外れて力が強い ⇨ He is extraordinarily strong
- 医者には当たり外れがある ⇨ Doctors are hit and miss. There are good doctors and there are bad doctors
- 受話器が外れていた ⇨ The receiver was off the hook, not in the right position
- 試験の山が当たった、外れた ⇨ I anticipated the exam questions correctly, incorrectly
- 弓は的を外れた ⇨ The arrow missed the target
- 彼は人間の道を外れた ⇨ He’s gone off the humane paths, done something decent humans should not do
- 彼の意見は的が外れている ⇨ His opinion is missing the point
- 銀行からの融資の当てが外れた ⇨ I expected the bank would lend me money but I was wrong
- 的外れな批判 ⇨ An off-the-mark, irrelevant, criticism
- 彼は学校で仲間外れにされている ⇨ He is ostracized at school
- 随分期待していたところが全くの期待外れだった ⇨ I had a really high hope but it was a real disappointment
- 目論見は完全に外れた ⇨ The plan completely failed
- 彼は宝くじに外れて残念がっている ⇨ He is disappointed that he didn’t win a lottery
- そのギターは音程が外れている ⇨ That guitar is not in tune
- 彼はピントが外れている ⇨ He is out of focus, clueless, on a different wavelength