English Dictionary

key of the street

名詞

ユーモラス文体

(humorous) An imaginary item said to be possessed by anyone who is locked outdoors.

日本語の意味

（ユーモラスな表現で）外に締め出された人が、持っているとされる架空の鍵。

After the party, everyone stuck outside laughed about the legendary key of the street that supposedly belongs to anyone locked out.

パーティーの後、外に取り残されたみんなは、閉め出された人が持っていると冗談で言われる伝説の「街の鍵」の話に笑い合った。

意味（1）

(humorous) An imaginary item said to be possessed by anyone who is locked outdoors.

And all his literary life Dickens had the vision of the boy who was given the key of the street when other boys are at school.