game over

ゲームオーバー、ゲーム終了

多くは負けたために、ゲームが終わったことを知らせる言葉。

やさしい英語で： A message saying that play has finished, often because the player has lost.

• The screen says game over.
• I lost my last life, and game over appeared.
• After the final boss fell, the screen displayed game over.

よく使う表現： game over screen, game over message

万事休す、もう終わりだ

成功の見込みがなくなり、もう終わりだということ。

やさしい英語で： A situation has ended, usually because there is no longer any chance of success.

• Without their support, it’s game over.
• When the files disappeared, it was game over for our project.
• One more defeat and it could be game over for the team.

使い方： it is game over for someone/something (It was game over for the deal when the bank refused funding.)

類義語： the end

よく使う表現： be game over, game over already

死、人生の終わり

人が死ぬ、または死ぬだろうということをくだけた言い方で表す。

やさしい英語で： A way of saying that someone dies or will die.

• One fatal mistake, and it’s game over.
• Without his safety rope, that fall would have meant game over.
• The pilot knew an engine failure there could mean game over for him.

類義語： death

よく使う表現： be game over, game over forever

ゲームオーバー表示

ゲームが終わったことを知らせる画面や、その表示が出ること。

やさしい英語で： An occasion when a game displays a message saying that play has ended.

• I got a game over.
• Three mistakes led to another game over.
• How many game overs did you get before finishing?

よく使う表現： a game over, another game over