English Dictionary

here be dragons

フレーズ

A fanciful notation, commonly attributed to historical maps, held to indicate either the belief that unknown dangers exist in a certain location on the map, or that actual dragons can be found there.

日本語の意味

古地図で使われる表現で、未知の危険が潜む場所、または実際に竜が存在すると考えられる地域を示す幻想的な記号である。

The captain frowned at the faded corner of the chart where someone had written 'here be dragons' and felt a chill run down his spine.

船長は誰かが地図の色あせた隅に「ここには未知の危険がある」と書いたのを見て顔をしかめ、背筋が寒くなった。

意味（1）

A fanciful notation, commonly attributed to historical maps, held to indicate either the belief that unknown dangers exist in a certain location on the map, or that actual dragons can be found there.

It's like in those old maps of the world, where the mapmakers wrote, Here be dragons on the unexplored parts of the globe.

意味（2）

By extension, used to indicate that which is unknown or uncertain, particularly if it seems to carry some type of risk.

Here be dragons in the shape of London landladies, owners of small hotels ('B. & B.') in the streets off the lower end of Euston Road. . .