煽てられて調子に乗る
English translation: all the flattery gave him/her a big head
| 05:23 Jul 13, 2009 |
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All the flatteries went to one's head and s/he did silly things... Explanation: おだてられ、つまりほめちぎられてそれがおだてだと気づかずに本当に自分はたいしたものなのだと信じること、それをgoes to headとあらわします。 それで馬鹿なことをやってしまう、と続けてはいかがですか。 調子に乗る、はお調子者、ということで日本語では軽々しい者、おっちょこちょい、としてあつかわれますが上記の英語ではそういう甘い軽々しさはありません。 ですから馬鹿なことをやってしまったのなら did silly things such as... と続けてはいかがですか。 Reference: http://www.babylon.com/.../went_to_his_head/Japanese |
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be in high gear by flattery Explanation: an idea |
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all the flattery gave him/her a big head Explanation: 確かにYumicoさんがおっしゃった様に、褒められて、持ち上げられて、調子に乗ってしまうというのを英語で表現すると’goes to the head'がぴったり一致するのですが、本当に"馬鹿なことをやってしまった”かどうかは、この文書からですと、少し断言できないような気がして、そこまで言ってしまうと話の流れを乱れてしまうのではないかと少し心配しています。 従って、上記の英訳を候補として挙げました。その文だけで十分原稿の意味が伝わると思います。 |
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he got carried away by all this flattery/soft-soap Explanation: a compilation of other replies with a more idiomatic equivalent of 調子に乗る you may try using a more direct paraphrase of the original Japanese proverb: 'a flattered / soft-soaped pig will climb a tree' |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to succumb to flattery Explanation: Yahoo!辞書 - おだて【煽て】Yahoo!辞書 プログレッシブ和英中辞典 和英辞書 おだて【煽て】 flatteryついつい彼のおだてに乗って承諾してしまったI was flattered into. ... You'll never win me (over) by flattery.／I'd be the last man to succumb to flattery. ... dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF... - キャッシュ - 類似ページ ・ おだてには絶対乗らないぞ You'll never win me (over) by flattery.／I'd be the last man to succumb to flattery. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2279709.h... a bit funny story |
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1 day 9 hrs confidence:
get apple-polished (or soft-soaped) and carried away Explanation: 「お世辞を言われて（おべっかを使われて・おべんちゃらを言われて・愛想良くふるまわれて）調子に乗る（悪乗りする）」 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2009-07-14 15:31:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Comment on "ブタもおだてりゃ木に登る": I think this author is trying to make a sarcastic remark to those who get carried away, using this rhetoric. What it means is something like, as the proverbs say, “Every extremity is a vice.”; “Much meat, much malady.”; “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”; “The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.”; “A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.”, etc. |
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1 day 22 hrs confidence:
he was egged/goaded on (by flattery) to make a fool of himself Explanation: "egged on" and "goaded on" means to make someone do something that they're hesitant or embarrassed to do. Usually the means is teasing, coaxing, or daring, but by adding the phrase "by flattery" the nuance can be made clear. |
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