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彼にプロジェクトがいつ終わるか尋ねると、彼は肩をすくめて「紐の長さはどれくらいか」と答えた。

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When I asked him when the project would be finished, he shrugged and replied, 'how long is a piece of string'.

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When I asked him when the project would be finished, he shrugged and replied, 'how long is a piece of string'.

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how long is a piece of string

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colloquial humorous often rhetoric
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(皮肉や冗談を交えて)「答えが不定であったり、測り知れない、条件により変動する」という意味で使われる表現。例えば、『どのくらいかかるか』という質問に対して、具体的な数値が出せないための回答として用いられる。
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彼にプロジェクトがいつ終わるか尋ねると、彼は肩をすくめて「紐の長さはどれくらいか」と答えた。

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