English Dictionary

stage-door Johnny

名詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) A man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female(s) of his affection.

日本語の意味

舞台の女優に夢中になり、彼女たちとの交際を求めるために劇場周辺に居座る男性。

The young stage-door Johnny lingered by the theater's exit every evening, hoping for a glimpse of the actress he adored.

若い男は毎晩劇場の楽屋口にたむろして、憧れの女優の姿が見られることを期待していた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female(s) of his affection.

You went off and married that—whatever that stage-door johnny's name was—and it broke me all up.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) A devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.

The stage was my obsession from age 6. . . . By my early teens, I had become so conspicuous a Stage Door Johnny that the manager of the National Theater, Washington's one Broadway tryout house in the pre-Kennedy Center era, took pity on me and hired me as a ticket taker.

stage-door Johnnies （ plural ）

stage-door Johnnys （ plural ）