old wives' taleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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迷信，ばかげた話 - Eゲイト英和辞典

It is an old wives' tale.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

愚夫愚婦をだます話だ - 斎藤和英大辞典

Well, the name comes from an old wives' tale.例文帳に追加

名前は昔の妻の物語だ - 映画・海外ドラマ英語字幕翻訳辞書

It is known there is an anecdote about her having informed Nobunaga of a crisis (an attack from both sides) by giving him a 'bag of azuki beans' sealed on both sides; however, because it is well-known that she lived in harmony with her husband and was considered to have been completely on the side of the Asai family, as was the common practice in those day, this is strongly suspected of being an old wives' tale.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

袋の両端を縛った「小豆袋」で信長に危機（挟み撃ち）を伝えた逸話などが知られるが、俗説である疑いが強い（彼女が夫と仲睦まじかったのは有名であり、当時の通例を考えても、完全に浅井側の人間であったとされる）。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス