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原稿を推敲する際、作品をより良くするために時には愛着のある部分を切り捨てなければならない。

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One must sometimes murder one's darlings when revising a manuscript to make it stronger.

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One must sometimes murder one's darlings when revising a manuscript to make it stronger.

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murder one's darlings

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Japanese Meaning
(執筆などの文芸において)自分が大切に思っている表現やアイデアを、過剰な自己愛や冗長性を排除するために意図的に削除する、という意味の慣用表現。
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原稿を推敲する際、作品をより良くするために時には愛着のある部分を切り捨てなければならない。

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present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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