English Dictionary

woulda, coulda, shoulda

フレーズ

An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities.New York Times, May 15, 1994): "The order of words in this delicious morsel of dialect varies with the user. . . . In this rhyming compound, a triple elision does the hat trick: although each elision expresses something different, when taken together, the trio conveys a unified meaning. Shoulda, short for should have (and not should of, which lexies call a variant but I call a mistake), carries a sense of correctness or obligation; coulda implies a possibility, and woulda denotes conditional certainty, an oxymoron: the stated intent to have taken an action if only something had not intervened. . . . Taken together, the term means 'Spare me the useless excuses.'" (This stems from expressing that someone could have, would have and/or should have done something)

日本語の意味

本来すべきだった、あるいはできたはずの行動についての、根拠に乏しい言い訳や弁解を否定する表現。 / 『shoulda』が当然すべきだったこと、『coulda』が可能性を持っていたこと、『woulda』が条件付きであったことを示し、これらをまとめて使うことで、無意味な弁明や使い物にならない言い訳を一蹴する意味を持つ。 / 要するに、相手に対して『くだらない言い訳はやめろ』という批判や失望の感情を表現するフレーズ。

You woulda told me, you coulda helped, and you shoulda said something sooner, but instead you stayed silent and now it's too late.

あなたが教えてくれていたら、助けられただろうし、もっと早く何か言うべきだったのに、代わりに黙っていてもう手遅れだ。

意味（1）

An expression of dismissiveness or disappointment concerning a statement, question, explanation, course of action, or occurrence involving hypothetical possibilities, uncertain facts, or missed opportunities.New York Times, May 15, 1994): "The order of words in this delicious morsel of dialect varies with the user. . . . In this rhyming compound, a triple elision does the hat trick: although each elision expresses something different, when taken together, the trio conveys a unified meaning. Shoulda, short for should have (and not should of, which lexies call a variant but I call a mistake), carries a sense of correctness or obligation; coulda implies a possibility, and woulda denotes conditional certainty, an oxymoron: the stated intent to have taken an action if only something had not intervened. . . . Taken together, the term means 'Spare me the useless excuses.'" (This stems from expressing that someone could have, would have and/or should have done something)

President Clinton . . . had his clear shot at health-care reform, if we need it, he and his wife, but they blew it. As Mrs. Clinton might say, woulda coulda shoulda.

woulda （ canonical ）

coulda （ canonical ）

shoulda （ canonical ）