「in the wars」ってどういう意味？ - 「傷だらけ」【日常英会話】

今日は皆さんに、今週のトピック「健康」に関するイディオムをご紹介します。

Jaimie: ‘I’ve had this painful headache for a few days, and yesterday I fell and bruised my knee...’
(ここ数日頭が痛いんだよ、それに昨日は転んで膝にあざを作ったんだよ...)

Tim: ‘Wow you’re in the wars at the moment!’
(うわぁ、今、傷だらけじゃないか！)

もし健康に関していくつか問題がある時や、病気や怪我がとても長引いている時があれば、このイディオムを使って思いやりやいたわりの気持ちを表現する事ができます。別の例もあげてみましょう。

Jaimie is really in the wars lately, did you hear about his fall?
(近頃ジェイミーは本当に傷だらけだよね、彼が転んだ話聞いた？)

ところで皆さん、ジェイミーは健康ですので心配なさらずに！

例に出しただけです、ありがとうジェイミー！ :-)

リアム

[English version]

I have an idiom for you guys today that is relevant to this week’s topic ‘Health’.

Jaimie: ‘I’ve had this painful headache for a few days, and yesterday I fell and bruised my knee...’

Tim: ‘Wow you’re in the wars at the moment!’

If we or someone else is experiencing more than one problem related to health, or we’ve had one illness or injury in particular for a long time, you can use this idiom to express sympathy. Here’s another example:

‘Jaimie is really in the wars lately, did you hear about his fall?’

Jaimie is healthy by the way guys, don’t worry! I’m just using him as an example (thanks Jaimie!) :-)

Liam