fly [go] off at [on] a tangent:
突然わき道へそれる, 脱線する.
2006-01-19
britches
=breeches
ひざ丈のズボン, ズボン
too big for one's breeches:
身のほどを知らない,うぬぼれた;ごう慢な
Bloglines running and preparing for our move to a new access center (with bigger britches and a very elastic waistline).
ひざ丈のズボン, ズボン
too big for one's breeches:
身のほどを知らない,うぬぼれた;ごう慢な
Bloglines running and preparing for our move to a new access center (with bigger britches and a very elastic waistline).
tenterhook
A hooked nail for securing cloth on a tenter.
on tenterhooks:
In a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety.
tenter:
A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage.
on tenterhooks:
In a state of uneasiness, suspense, or anxiety.
tenter:
A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage.
2006-01-17
instrumentation
器具の使用, 計器による運転
The administrative mantra is to automate. Scripting can also go a long way. From an engineering point of view, the requirement has to be to build automation and instrumentation into the service from the get-go.
The administrative mantra is to automate. Scripting can also go a long way. From an engineering point of view, the requirement has to be to build automation and instrumentation into the service from the get-go.
agglomerate
かたまりにする(なる)
It executes billions of transactions over hundreds of applications agglomerated over nine years.
It executes billions of transactions over hundreds of applications agglomerated over nine years.
kazoo
A toy instrument with a membrane that produces a sound when a player hums or sings into the mouthpiece.
2006-01-16
keep abreast of
水準に達している, 遅れずにいる
I would like to keep abreast of your plans to ensure the two projects mesh together.
I would like to keep abreast of your plans to ensure the two projects mesh together.
zealot
熱中する人, 狂信者
Whereas in slashdot, the blind anti-MS zealot is the norm, I'd say a hacker is vendor agnostic, preferring the right tool for the right job.
Whereas in slashdot, the blind anti-MS zealot is the norm, I'd say a hacker is vendor agnostic, preferring the right tool for the right job.
chaff
もみ殻
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
- Elbert Hubbard
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.
- Elbert Hubbard
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