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alarums and excursions

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Source Word

alarums and excursions

Noun

plural plural-only broadly idiomatic

All the sounds and activities of preparations for war. / (idiomatic, by extension) Any frantic activity.

Japanese Meaning

戦争の準備に伴う音や活動（騒ぎや慌ただしさ） / 転じて、慌ただしく乱れた活動や騒ぎ

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The alarums and excursions along the frontier warned the villagers that the army's preparations had begun.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

国境沿いに響く警報信号や予備的な出撃は、村人たちに軍の準備が始まったことを知らせた。

Sense（1）

All the sounds and activities of preparations for war.

The French armies were not far off, and there were alarums and excursions all along the border.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) Any frantic activity.

He had been well aware ever since his coming to Hathelsborough of an atmosphere of intrigue and mystery; every development that occurred seemed to thicken it. . . . It puzzled him, being still a stranger to the habits and customs of these people, to see that life in Hathelsborough went on, amidst all these alarums and excursions.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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