English Dictionary

toss-up

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. / Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.

日本語の意味

どちらの結果も同じくらいの可能性があり、明確な優劣や決まった効果がない状況を指す。 / 二者択一の場面で、どちらの選択肢が有利か不明瞭な、どっちになっても大差ない状態。

Choosing between the sushi restaurant and the ramen shop was a toss-up, so we picked whichever was closer.

寿司屋とラーメン屋のどちらにするかは五分五分だったので、近い方にしました。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.

It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well.

意味（2）

Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.

No longer is the best picture going to be a toss-up between that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Instead, a warm welcome back for Life of Pi, widely dismissed by many as this year's Hugo but this column's dark-horse pick from October.

意味（3）

The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.

toss-ups （ plural ）