English Dictionary

live one

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlaɪv wʌn/

名詞

慣用表現 くだけた表現

(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed. / (informal, idiomatic) Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.

日本語の意味

騙されやすい人、犠牲になりやすい人、茶化されやすい対象 / 風変わりな人、変わり者、常識にとらわれない人

Don't be a live one and fall for that email scam.

そのメール詐欺に引っかかってカモにならないでください。

意味（1）

(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is easily fooled, victimized, or ridiculed.

There's green as in greenhorn, meaning inexperienced and gullible. Those with a pitch to sell are going to spot a live one—in this case government with dollars practically falling out of its pockets—coming from miles away.

意味（2）

(informal, idiomatic) Someone who is eccentric, nonconformist, or otherwise peculiar.

They've got a live one in the crowd, he's scary, he looks dangerous, demon possessed, he doesn't know who he is, he speaks in strange voices.

意味（3）

(informal, idiomatic) A person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.

We got a live one here, he said as he speeds up in pursuit of a car.

live ones （ plural ）