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今日はネイティブスピーカーのフレーズをいくつかご紹介します！

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Dear readers,

Today I will introduce a few more phrases that native speakers use. You will probably hear these when watching English movies or TV shows. Let's get right into it.

"It's not rocket science."

This phrase tells the listener that some action or task is not difficult to perform or understand. It is often used when the speaker thinks the listener is exaggerating the difficulty of something. The phrase was popularized in America in the 1980s, comparing the game of football to more difficult professions:

"Coaching football is not rocket science and it's not brain surgery. It's a game, nothing more."

"A walk in the park."

This phrase tells the listener that some action or task is easy to do. It's similar to an expression I previously covered, "piece of cake." It can also be used in the negative, to say something is not easy to do. The first recorded use was in 1937, referring to the game of golf.

"I studied a lot, so the test was a walk in the park."

You can also use these two phrases together:

"Being a politician isn't exactly rocket science, but it's not a walk in the park either."

Thanks for reading! Please try using these phrases next time you see me in the lobby! Next time, I'll talk about the unofficial holiday St. Patrick's Day. Look forward to it!

==日本語要約==

今日はネイティブスピーカーが使ういくつかのフレーズについてさらに紹介しましょう。

きっと英語の映画やTVを見た時に聞くと思いますよ。それではいってみましょう。

"It's not rocket science."

これはそれをやり遂げることが決して難しくないことを相手に伝える時のフレーズで、

相手がそれを難しいと思いこんでいる時にしばしば使われます。

これは1980年代のアメリカで、サッカーの試合ともっと難しい仕事を比べるために普及しました。

"Coaching football is not rocket science and it's not brain surgery. It's a game, nothing more."

"A walk in the park."

このフレーズはその行動や仕事が簡単なことを伝えるフレーズで、以前お伝えした"piece of cake."と表現が似ています。

またこのフレーズはその行動が簡単ではないと伝える時にも使うことができます。

これはゴルフの試合で初めて使われたと言われています。

"I studied a lot, so the test was a walk in the park."

これらのフレーズは次のように一緒に使うこともできますよ。

"Being a politician isn't exactly rocket science, but it's not a walk in the park either."

最後まで読んでくれてありがとう。私とロビーで会った時にはぜひ使ってみてくださいね。

次回は、St. Patrick's Dayについてお話しします。お楽しみに。