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2005.01.11
Greetings! How did you enjoy your long weekend?
On a scale of 1 to 10, we hope it was an 11!
The topic of the week is “colds” - those unwelcome gifts from
family, friends, and the total strangers we come in contact with over the
course of a day.
(There's a cold) GOING AROUND (カゼが)はやっています
- “There's a cold going around ” means that a lot of people are catching a particular cold these days. We can also use this expression when talking about the flu and other diseases.
- There's a cold going around は、最近同じ種類のカゼをひいている人が多い、つまり、ある種のカゼがはやっている、という意味です。この表現は、cold を the flu(インフルエンザ)やその他の病気に置き換えて使うこともできます。
- (a mother to her child, who has just
come home)
Don't forget to wash your hands and gargle. There's a bad cold going around. - There's a cold going around that stays with you for weeks.
- I sure hope I don't catch that flu that's going around. Alice got it, and now she has a 39-degree temperature.
- There's some kind of bug (= virus) going around at the office. Just in my department alone, there are five people home sick.
What goes around comes around, so watch your back!