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you can't be half pregnant

Proverb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
中途半端な状態は認められず、完全な状態、すなわち二者択一でどちらか一方に決まるという意味です。 / 物事は半端な状態では成立せず、どちらか一方しか選べない、もしくは成立しないという意味が込められています。
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海外へ移住して仕事をするかどうかと問われてためらっていたマリアに、友人がはっきりと「妊娠は中途半端にはあり得ない」と言い、完全に決断するかそうでないかを選ぶよう促した。

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(idiomatic) Said of an either-or situation; there are only two available choices.

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you can't be half pregnant

When asked whether she would move abroad for the job, Maria hesitated until her friend bluntly said, 'you can't be half pregnant,' meaning she had to choose one option or the other.

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When asked whether she would move abroad for the job, Maria hesitated until her friend bluntly said, 'you can't be half pregnant,' meaning she had to choose one option or the other.

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