Reader's Digest 2月号の記事 'All in a Day's Work' から引用します。
As the dentist labored over my teeth, he tried to make small talk.
"What do you do?" he asked.
"I'm a comedian," I answered.
"Interesting."
After a pause, he said, "Let's get an impression--"
"It's more observational humor, actually," I interrupted. "I don't do impressions."
The dentist continued, "--of your teeth."
"impression" だと直ぐに印象の意味を連想しますが、職業により "impression" で連想する意味が異なる事例ですね。
・Oxford English Dictionary: An imitation of a person or thing, especially one done to entertain.: he did an impression of Frank Sinatra
・Oxford English Dictionary: Dentistry A negative copy of the teeth or mouth made by pressing them into a soft substance.: Your dentist will take impressions of your teeth using a kind of putty and send these to a laboratory where the splint is made.
As the dentist labored over my teeth, he tried to make small talk.
"What do you do?" he asked.
"I'm a comedian," I answered.
"Interesting."
After a pause, he said, "Let's get an impression--"
"It's more observational humor, actually," I interrupted. "I don't do impressions."
The dentist continued, "--of your teeth."
"impression" だと直ぐに印象の意味を連想しますが、職業により "impression" で連想する意味が異なる事例ですね。
・Oxford English Dictionary: An imitation of a person or thing, especially one done to entertain.: he did an impression of Frank Sinatra
・Oxford English Dictionary: Dentistry A negative copy of the teeth or mouth made by pressing them into a soft substance.: Your dentist will take impressions of your teeth using a kind of putty and send these to a laboratory where the splint is made.
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