English Dictionary

laboring oar

名詞

アメリカ英語 広義 比喩的用法

An oar that is worked with great effort. / (chiefly US, figuratively, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.

日本語の意味

大いに力を込めて漕がれる櫂、すなわち力を必要とする櫂そのものを指す。 / 比喩的に、作業の中で最も労力を要する部分、最も困難な工程を意味する。

He gripped the laboring oar and leaned back, sending the little boat through the chop.

彼は力を込めて漕がなければならない櫂を握り、体を引いて小舟を波間へと進ませた。

意味（1）

An oar that is worked with great effort.

意味（2）

(chiefly US, figuratively, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.

And so too, when new issues demanding new policy calls come up within that scheme, Congress presumably wants the same agency, rather than any court, to take the laboring oar.

laboring oars （ plural ）