English Dictionary

sad sack

名詞

アメリカ英語

An incompetent or inept person. / A perennial failure or victim of misfortune.

日本語の意味

無能な人 / 役立たずな人 / 常に失敗し、不運に見舞われる人

Even though he's a bit of a sad sack at work, he always shows up on time and tries his best.

彼は職場では少し無能な人だけれど、いつも時間通りに来て最善を尽くしている。

意味（1）

An incompetent or inept person.

One law enforcement official played down Mr. Defreitas’s ability to carry out an attack, calling him “a sad sack” and “not a Grade A terrorist.”

意味（2）

A perennial failure or victim of misfortune.

“Super Sad” takes as its Romeo and Juliet, its Tristan and Iseult, a middle-aged sad sack named Lenny Abramov and a much younger beauty named Eunice Park.

sad sacks （ plural ）