live down

忘れてもらう、汚名をそそぐ

行動を改めたり時間を置いたりして、自分の恥ずかしい失敗を人に忘れてもらう。

やさしい英語で： To behave or wait until people stop remembering something embarrassing you did.

• I will never live this down.
• She finally lived down her embarrassing speech.
• Will he ever live down falling into the pool?

使い方： live something down (I will never live that mistake down.)

類義語： put behind oneself

よく使う表現： live down a mistake, live down the embarrassment

行いで疑いを晴らす

日々の行動を通じ、自分への悪い噂や非難が間違いだと示す。

やさしい英語で： To show through your actions over time that harmful claims about you are false.

• He lived down the rumours through honest work.
• She resolved to live down the slander by helping others.
• His good conduct eventually lived down those accusations.

使い方： live down something (She hoped to live down the accusations through years of honest work.)

類義語： disprove, refute

よく使う表現： live down slander, live down an accusation