English Dictionary

stick to one's guns

動詞

古風 複数所有格 広義 慣用表現

(dated, military, of gunners) To persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire. / (idiomatic, by extension) To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.

日本語の意味

（軍事的な意味）敵の攻撃を受けながらも、忠実に大砲の操作（砲手の任務）を続けること。 / （慣用句として）反対に遭っても、自分の立場や意見を曲げずに貫くこと。

Ordered to hold the line, a brave gunner was told to stick to one's guns and remain at the cannon despite the hail of shells.

陣地を守るよう命じられた勇敢な砲兵は、砲弾が降り注ぐ中でも砲を忠実に守り続け、砲座を離れなかった。

意味（1）

(dated, military, of gunners) To persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.

Capitan Beaulieu-de-Long and his first lieutenant were both killed, several guns dismounted, and many of the [French frigate] crew killed and wounded. . . . Nevertheless the French stuck bravely to their guns, while the flame of the cannonade illuminated the scene beneath the canopy of smoke.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.

Ronald had stuck to his guns and refused me to the last.

sticks to one's guns （ present singular third-person ）

sticking to one's guns （ participle present ）

stuck to one's guns （ participle past ）

stuck to one's guns （ past ）