hang over one's head

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) With the threat or negative prospect of; acting as a constant preoccupation.

日本語の意味

切迫する脅威や不安が常に心に重くのしかかっている状態 / 脅威や不安が常に存在し、それが精神的な負担となっている状況

英語の意味

(idiomatic) With the threat or negative prospect of; acting as a constant preoccupation.

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The possibility of layoffs continued to hang over one's head throughout the entire fiscal year.

解雇の可能性が会計年度を通して従業員の頭上に重くのしかかっていた。

詳細

意味（1）

(idiomatic) With the threat or negative prospect of; acting as a constant preoccupation.

So Congress enacted a statute, the net effect of which is to hinge the freedom to speak on the speaker’s willingness to run the gauntlet of post hoc value assessments by prosecutors and juries with a five year felony sentence hanging over his head.

詳細

hangs over one's head （ present singular third-person ）

hanging over one's head （ participle present ）

hung over one's head （ participle past ）

hung over one's head （ past ）