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(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

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grip-and-grin

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grip-and-grin

Noun

colloquial

(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

Japanese Meaning

（口語）写真撮影の際に、笑顔で握手を交わすことが求められるイベント / （俗語）写真撮影時、笑顔で握手することを期待される催し

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The mayor insisted the ribbon-cutting wouldn't be a mere grip-and-grin, promising substantive policy details instead.

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市長は、そのテープカットが単なる写真撮影のための、笑顔で握手するだけのイベントではないと主張し、代わりに実質的な政策の詳細を約束した。

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(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

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Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky. If he only stays for a brief grip-and-grin, that too will offend.

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