Reader's Digest 2月号の記事 'Kindness Pass It On!' からの引用です。
I'll always remember the woman who gave me tissues when I was crying on the train. I was trying so hard to keep it together. Everyone else looked away but her. She handed me the tissues and said, "We've all been there, crying on the train. It sucks." As she was getting off, she added, "Whatever's wrong, it will get better. That doesn't mean anything right now, of course. But it really will." She was this regular business-casual lady, but she was a hero to me. Also! She inspired me to always carry a little pack of tissues in case I see someone crying.
"keep it together" の意味を辞書で調べます。
・Wiktionary: To maintain composure; to avoid an overly emotional reaction; to suppress an instinct or urge.
・Urban Dictionary: Also used as its acronym kit, keep it together is a self motiviational phrase to use when things are getting chaotic and you are starting to freak. It is meant to be said repeatedly and very quickly, almost as one word.: "Keep it together, keepittogether, keepittogether...."
3/9/2011 に取り上げた "pull oneself together" と共通するところがありますね。
"together" がどちらにも使われているので、もしかして "together" の項にもこの共通する意味の説明があるのではと思い、辞書を見ると、 "together" の形容詞としての説明が次の様にありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Self-confident, level-headed, or well organized.: she seems a very together young woman
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as together, you admire them because they are very confident, organized, and know what they want.: She was very headstrong, and very together.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: organized, confident of your abilities, and able to use them to achieve what you want: For a sixteen-year-old, he seems pretty together.
最近はティッシュだけではなくマスクも常時携帯、着用していないと駄目になりましたね。
I'll always remember the woman who gave me tissues when I was crying on the train. I was trying so hard to keep it together. Everyone else looked away but her. She handed me the tissues and said, "We've all been there, crying on the train. It sucks." As she was getting off, she added, "Whatever's wrong, it will get better. That doesn't mean anything right now, of course. But it really will." She was this regular business-casual lady, but she was a hero to me. Also! She inspired me to always carry a little pack of tissues in case I see someone crying.
"keep it together" の意味を辞書で調べます。
・Wiktionary: To maintain composure; to avoid an overly emotional reaction; to suppress an instinct or urge.
・Urban Dictionary: Also used as its acronym kit, keep it together is a self motiviational phrase to use when things are getting chaotic and you are starting to freak. It is meant to be said repeatedly and very quickly, almost as one word.: "Keep it together, keepittogether, keepittogether...."
3/9/2011 に取り上げた "pull oneself together" と共通するところがありますね。
"together" がどちらにも使われているので、もしかして "together" の項にもこの共通する意味の説明があるのではと思い、辞書を見ると、 "together" の形容詞としての説明が次の様にありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Self-confident, level-headed, or well organized.: she seems a very together young woman
・Collins Dictionary: If you describe someone as together, you admire them because they are very confident, organized, and know what they want.: She was very headstrong, and very together.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: organized, confident of your abilities, and able to use them to achieve what you want: For a sixteen-year-old, he seems pretty together.
最近はティッシュだけではなくマスクも常時携帯、着用していないと駄目になりましたね。
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