stiff

硬い、こわばった

曲げたり動かしたりしにくい。筋肉の場合は痛みでこわばっていることが多い。

やさしい英語で： Difficult to bend or move easily, especially because your muscles hurt.

• My neck is stiff.
• His legs felt stiff after the long walk.
• This stiff cardboard will not bend easily.

類義語： rigid

反対語： flexible

よく使う表現： stiff neck, stiff muscles, stiff cardboard

厳しい、きつい

非常に厳しく、対処するのが難しい。

やさしい英語で： Very severe or difficult to deal with.

• He received a stiff fine.
• The new team faces stiff competition.
• Judges imposed stiffer penalties this year.

類義語： severe, harsh, tough

反対語： mild

よく使う表現： stiff fine, stiff penalty, stiff competition

強い

力が大きい、または強い効果がある。

やさしい英語で： Having a strong effect or great force.

• He wanted a stiff drink.
• A stiff breeze shook the trees.
• She poured herself a stiffer whisky.

類義語： strong, powerful

反対語： weak

よく使う表現： stiff drink, stiff breeze, stiff dose

普通の労働者

普通の人、特に少ない賃金で一生懸命働く人。

やさしい英語で： An ordinary person, especially someone who works hard for little money.

• He is a working stiff.
• Most working stiffs cannot afford that hotel.
• She writes stories about ordinary stiffs with boring jobs.

類義語： ordinary person, working person

よく使う表現： working stiff, ordinary stiff, poor stiff

死体

死んだ人の体を指す、くだけた失礼な言い方。

やさしい英語で： The body of a dead person.

• They found a stiff upstairs.
• The detective examined the stiff in the morgue.
• Two stiffs lay under white sheets.

類義語： corpse, dead body

よく使う表現： a stiff, find a stiff

カモ

簡単にだまされたり、詐欺の被害に遭ったりする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who is easily tricked or cheated.

• The stiff believed every word.
• They tricked another stiff into paying.
• The thieves searched for stiffs with plenty of cash.

類義語： sucker, mark

よく使う表現： a gullible stiff, cheat a stiff

踏み倒す

人に払うべきお金を払わず、踏み倒す。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you fail to pay someone money you owe them.

• They stiffed the waiter.
• My last boss stiffed me on my wages.
• Have any customers stiffed you today?

使い方： stiff someone on something (The customer stiffed her on the tip.)

類義語： cheat, shortchange

よく使う表現： stiff someone, stiff the waiter