"HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?"の主人公 Alecは相変わらず上官に目を付けられています。
Major Glendinning had a look at our work before we left and gave me a curt nod. I presumed he meant that it would pass muster.
"muster" には集まる、集めるの意味がありますが、この "pass muster" は慣用句でしょうか。 辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge Idioms Dictionary: to be of an acceptable standard for a particular purpose Well, how did I do in the test? Do I pass muster?
・Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms: to be acceptable or satisfactory The tortillas and tacos we offered for lunch today didn't pass muster with the students.
Etymology: based on the military use of the phrase pass muster (to gather soldiers in a group to show officers they are acceptably dressed and equipped)
・Dictionary.com: Meet a required standard, as in That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom . This expression originally meant "to undergo a military review without censure," muster referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose.
なるほど、元々軍隊用語なのですね。
Major Glendinning had a look at our work before we left and gave me a curt nod. I presumed he meant that it would pass muster.
"muster" には集まる、集めるの意味がありますが、この "pass muster" は慣用句でしょうか。 辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge Idioms Dictionary: to be of an acceptable standard for a particular purpose Well, how did I do in the test? Do I pass muster?
・Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms: to be acceptable or satisfactory The tortillas and tacos we offered for lunch today didn't pass muster with the students.
Etymology: based on the military use of the phrase pass muster (to gather soldiers in a group to show officers they are acceptably dressed and equipped)
・Dictionary.com: Meet a required standard, as in That yard cleanup won't pass muster with Mom . This expression originally meant "to undergo a military review without censure," muster referring to an assembling of troops for inspection or a similar purpose.
なるほど、元々軍隊用語なのですね。
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