English Dictionary

dog that caught the car

名詞

口語 特に 慣用表現

(idiomatic, colloquial, especially politics) A person who has unexpectedly attained an aspirational goal and is now unsure what to do with it.

日本語の意味

狙っていた結果や目標を思いがけず手に入れたものの、次にどうすればよいのか戸惑っている人を指す（政治的比喩表現）

After his surprise promotion, he wandered through the office like a dog that caught the car, unsure what to do next.

思いがけない昇進を受けた彼は、目標を突然達成してしまい次に何をすればいいかわからない人のように職場を歩き回っていた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, colloquial, especially politics) A person who has unexpectedly attained an aspirational goal and is now unsure what to do with it.

So I went out, and I was telling the President about what a tough time being Governor was. I felt like the dog that caught the car; I really wasn't equipped to be governor... When I got ready to leave, I realized that I had bored a guy who had to make the decision to drop the bomb, telling him what a tough job being the governor of Arkansas was.

dogs that caught the car （ plural ）