東野圭吾の "JOURNEY UNDER THE MIDNIGHT SUN" を読んでいます。
Miyako Fujimura had been her classmate in second year. She was a good student with cheerful personality, a natural leader in class. She wasn't Eriko's favourite person, however. Miyako had a tenderly to lash out whenever she felt her pride was being injured, which was often. She also never thought twice about saying bad things about people. There were others who felt the same way about her. Eriko was sure. If they heard about what had happened, they would be right up there in front, leading the rumour mill.
"the rumour mill" の意味は辞書を見なくても分かりますが、この場合 "mill" が使われるのですね。
・Collins Dictionary: You can refer to the people in a particular place or profession who spread rumours as the rumour mill.: The Washington rumour mill suggests that the President secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions.
・Wiktionary: (American spelling, idiomatic) A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.: Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another.
現代の最大の "the rumour mill" はSNSでしょうね。
Miyako Fujimura had been her classmate in second year. She was a good student with cheerful personality, a natural leader in class. She wasn't Eriko's favourite person, however. Miyako had a tenderly to lash out whenever she felt her pride was being injured, which was often. She also never thought twice about saying bad things about people. There were others who felt the same way about her. Eriko was sure. If they heard about what had happened, they would be right up there in front, leading the rumour mill.
"the rumour mill" の意味は辞書を見なくても分かりますが、この場合 "mill" が使われるのですね。
・Collins Dictionary: You can refer to the people in a particular place or profession who spread rumours as the rumour mill.: The Washington rumour mill suggests that the President secured his narrow majority only by promising all sorts of concessions.
・Wiktionary: (American spelling, idiomatic) A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.: Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another.
現代の最大の "the rumour mill" はSNSでしょうね。
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