English Dictionary

run for the roses

名詞

慣用表現 広義

(usually capitalized and preceded by the) The Kentucky Derby horse race.

日本語の意味

ケンタッキー・ダービー（アメリカの伝統的な競馬レース） / ケンタッキー・ダービーを指す別名・通称

After months of preparation, her horse was finally entered in the run for the roses.

数か月の準備を経て、彼女の馬はついにケンタッキーダービーに出走しました。

意味（1）

(usually capitalized and preceded by the) The Kentucky Derby horse race.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, American football) A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game.

Looking back at Ohio State's run for the roses, there might be some who will insist the Buckeyes were lucky to escape defeat at least once. . . . the Buckeyes whipped a jinx in the form of premature Rose Bowl talk.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, by extension) A hard-fought competition or demanding challenge of any kind.

The time had come, Dundee acknowledged, to decide if he was serious about making a run for the roses. It was only mid-1990, but presidential campaigns had evolved into two-year affairs, and if he really had that famous fire in his belly, now was the time.

runs for the roses （ plural ）