今日の単語 baloney

baloney

１．今日の単語は baloney です。まずは例文から意味を想像してみます。

St. Tammany officials deny second casino rumors: ‘It’s bogus. It’s baloney.’ – St. Tammany Parish officials sought Wednesday to debunk several of the biggest stories floating around social media about the proposed Slidell area gambling resort, calling the suggestion that a second casino is in the works a “misrepresentation meant to confuse the voters.” (from Nol.com)

２つめのカジノについての噂を否定。

Billionaire Leon Cooperman Again Calls Biden’s Wealth Tax ‘Baloney’ – Wall Street legend Leon Cooperman on Thursday repeated his previous position that the current discussion on raising taxes for those earning more than $400,000 is “baloney,” and the focus should be on making the wealthy pay more in taxes by closing loopholes. (from Forbes)

バイデン政権の福祉税は baloney だとレジェンドは繰り返し語っているようですね。

That’s a bunch of baloney if you ask me.

私から言わせればそれはたわごとだよ

That’s a load of baloney.

それ全部うそっぱち

２．辞書にある訳をみてみましょう

nonsense, foolishness

If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.

ばかげたこと、ナンセンス、たわごと、でたらめ

今日の単語は

baloney でたらめ、たわごと

でした

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