English Dictionary

Mediterranean Irishman

名詞

ユーモラス文体 攻撃的 時々

(originally Britain, humorous, sometimes offensive) A person belonging to an Eastern Mediterranean national group, especially one which was subjected to a period of British rule or occupation, such as the Greeks or Italians.

日本語の意味

（もともとは英国発祥の冗談交じり、時に攻撃的な表現である）英国の支配や占領を受けた歴史を持つ、東地中海地域の民族（例えばギリシャ人やイタリア人など）に属する人物を指す表現

At the village fête, when old Tom jokingly admitted he loved limoncello and sunbathing, he half-seriously called himself a Mediterranean Irishman, making everyone laugh.

村の祭りで、老トムが冗談めかしてリモンチェッロと日光浴が好きだと打ち明けたとき、彼は半ば本気で自分を東地中海出身の男性だと呼び、皆を笑わせた。

意味（1）

(originally Britain, humorous, sometimes offensive) A person belonging to an Eastern Mediterranean national group, especially one which was subjected to a period of British rule or occupation, such as the Greeks or Italians.

Bart Blandino . . . refers to himself as a Mediterranean Irishman—an expression which never fails to amuse us.

Mediterranean Irishmen （ plural ）