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go for a walk in the snow
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/08/13 20:20 UTC 版)
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walk in the snow (複数形 walks in the snow)
- (カナダ用法, chiefly politics, idiomatic) An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.
- 1984, Charlotte Montgomery and Thomas Walkom, "Pierre Trudeau steps down. New leader likely by end of June," Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1 Mar., p. 1:
Mr. Trudeau told reporters yesterday he made the decision to put an end to almost 16 years in office after a long, solitary walk Tuesday night through a blinding Ottawa blizzard. . . . "It was a great walk in the snow." - 2002, "Shuffle in the snow; Politics in Canada," The Economist, vol. 362, no. 8256, p. 49:
"I went for a walk in the snow last night—and I'm staying." So said Jean Chretien on January 15th, varying the phrase with which Pierre Trudeau announced his sudden resignation as Canada's prime minister in 1984. - 2006, Mike Blanchfield and Norma Greenaway, "Ignatieff takes his own walk in the snow," Calgary Herald (Alberta), 4 Dec., p. A9:
Even in defeat, Ignatieff could not shake even one more Trudeau comparison. Trudeau's historic long walk in the snow came in February 1984.
- 1984, Charlotte Montgomery and Thomas Walkom, "Pierre Trudeau steps down. New leader likely by end of June," Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1 Mar., p. 1:
- (カナダ用法, idiomatic) suicide, assisted suicide, or muder by exposure.
- 1950, Hans Reusch, Top of the World
The wife Asiak walks across the sea ice to drown herself in the open water. At the edge, a piece of ice breaks free under her weight and she floats along on this small ice floe briefly before drowning herself.
The mother-in-law Powtee is put out on the solid sea ice to die, only to be rescued soon after. - 1960, Savage Innocents (Film starring Anthony Quinn, based on novel Top of the World.)
- 1950, Hans Reusch, Top of the World
参照
- ^ Did eskimos put their elderly on ice floes to die by Straightdope.com accessed 2010-05-01.
- ^ Leighton, Alexander H; Charles C. Hughes (1955). "Notes on Eskimo Patterns of Suicide". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 11
- ^ Kjellström, Rolf (1974, 1975). "Senilicide and Invalidicide among the Eskimos" (in Danish). Folk Dansk etnografisk tidsskrift 16, 17
- ^ 1999 Oswalt, Wendell H., Eskimos and Explorers, 2nd ed, ISBN 0883165325:
- ^ Ray, Nicolas (Director). (1960). Savage Innocents. [Motion picture]. United States, Gray Film-Pathé. Starring Anthony Quinn, based on novel Top of the World.
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