English Dictionary

come in from the cold

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌm‿ɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkəʊld/

動詞

慣用表現 自動詞 広義

(espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory. / (by extension) To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.

日本語の意味

（諜報活動において）敵地に潜入していたスパイが帰国すること / （転じて）これまで受け入れられていなかった者が、社会や集団に広く受け入れられるようになること

After three years undercover in Berlin, the agent was finally ordered to come in from the cold and report back to headquarters.

ベルリンでの3年間の潜入任務を終え、その工作員はついに敵地から帰国して本部に報告するよう命じられた。

意味（1）

(espionage) Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.

I mean … one can't be out in the cold all the time; one has to come in from the cold … do you see what I mean?

意味（2）

(by extension) To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.

Long an outsider in Western politics, Portugal came in from the cold after the 1974 Carnation Revolution.

comes in from the cold （ present singular third-person ）

coming in from the cold （ participle present ）

came in from the cold （ past ）

come in from the cold （ participle past ）