under the table

テーブルの下に

テーブルの天板と床の間の空間に。

やさしい英語で： Below a table, in the space between its top and the floor.

• The cat is under the table.
• I found my keys under the table.
• Why are your shoes under the table?

類義語： beneath the table

よく使う表現： hide under the table, look under the table

裏で、非公式に

多くの場合、規則や税金を避けるため、支払いや商取引を秘密にして。

やさしい英語で： If you pay or do business this way, you keep it secret, often to avoid rules or taxes.

• He paid me under the table.
• The workers received cash under the table.
• Did the official accept money under the table?

類義語： secretly, unofficially

反対語： openly

よく使う表現： pay under the table, under the table dealings

非公式の、秘密の

多くの場合、規則に反するため隠されている支払いや契約を表す。

やさしい英語で： A payment or agreement described this way is kept secret, often because it breaks rules.

• It was an under the table deal.
• The company offered an under the table payment.
• They rejected the under the table arrangement.

類義語： secret, unofficial, covert

反対語： open

よく使う表現： under the table payment, under the table deal

泥酔して、べろべろに酔って

酒を飲みすぎて、普通に振る舞ったり起きていたりできない状態。

やさしい英語で： You have drunk so much alcohol that you cannot behave normally or stay awake.

• By midnight, he was under the table.
• His brother drank him under the table.
• You cannot drink everyone under the table and expect to feel well.

使い方： drink someone under the table (She could drink all her friends under the table.)

類義語： very drunk, wasted

反対語： sober

よく使う表現： drink under the table, already under the table

退屈でうんざりして、ぼうっとして

退屈や精神的な負担のため、集中したりはっきり考えたりできない状態。

やさしい英語で： You become too bored or mentally overwhelmed to pay attention or think clearly.

• That lecture bored me under the table.
• Her endless statistics bored everyone under the table.
• Another hour of speeches would bore us under the table.

使い方： bore someone under the table (His endless stories bored us under the table.)

類義語： bored stiff, dazed

よく使う表現： bore under the table, under the table already