English Dictionary

sharp-elbowed

形容詞

比較不可 通常 慣用表現

Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows. / (idiomatic) Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.

日本語の意味

肘が細く、骨張っていて、先の尖った肘を持つ / 図々しく、自己主張が強く、利を得るために積極的な態度をとる

The sharp-elbowed toddler pushed her way through the crowd, unexpectedly knocking over a stack of pamphlets.

肘が細く骨ばってやや尖っている幼児が人ごみを押し分け、思いがけずパンフレットの山を倒してしまった。

意味（1）

Possessing narrow, bony, rather pointed elbows.

. . . dire faces, figures dire, Sharp-knee'd, sharp-elbowed, and lean-ankled too

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Pushy; having a boldly assertive manner intended to establish an advantage.

No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.

more sharp-elbowed （ comparative ）

most sharp-elbowed （ superlative ）