English Dictionary

grip-and-grin

名詞

口語

(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

日本語の意味

（口語）写真撮影の際に、笑顔で握手を交わすことが求められるイベント / （俗語）写真撮影時、笑顔で握手することを期待される催し

The mayor insisted the ribbon-cutting wouldn't be a mere grip-and-grin, promising substantive policy details instead.

市長は、そのテープカットが単なる写真撮影のための、笑顔で握手するだけのイベントではないと主張し、代わりに実質的な政策の詳細を約束した。

意味（1）

(colloquial) An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

意味（2）

(colloquial) A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event.

Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky. If he only stays for a brief grip-and-grin, that too will offend.

grip-and-grins （ plural ）