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(idiomatic) A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt by the bad.

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curate's egg

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curate's egg

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkjʊəɹətz ˌɛɡ/

Noun

idiomatic

(idiomatic) A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt by the bad.

Japanese Meaning

良い部分と悪い部分が存在するが、悪い部分によって全体が台無しになっているもの。 / 表面的には一部評価できる点があっても、結果的に全体の欠点が目立つ状態を指す。

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The conference program was a curate's egg: a few excellent talks were overshadowed by many shallow presentations.

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その会議のプログラムは良い部分も悪い部分もあるものでしたが、悪い部分によって結局台無しになってしまいました。いくつかの優れた講演がありましたが、多くの浅い発表にかき消されてしまいました。

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(idiomatic) A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoilt by the bad.

We cannot say we are uniformly favourably impressed with such portions of the work as we have read. The work strikes us as being rather unequal. Like the curate's egg, parts of it are excellent, but parts provide bad material for assimilation.

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curates' eggs

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