It’ll keep you sharp.

質問

Q. Accepting Money: I recently did some landscaping work for my girlfriend’s parents. It wasn’t much trouble (it only took a weekend) but they insisted on paying me. I refused, but then they gave the money to my girlfriend to give to me. We both agreed it wasn’t necessary and ended up spending it on more landscaping stuff for her parents.

I don’t have a problem with this, but I am curious: Would it have been inappropriate to accept the money? Was it impolite to refuse?

A: This is a completely arbitrary ruling, as are all of my rulings, but generally speaking, if someone is offering to pay you for hours worked (always a good idea!), even if the someones in question are your girlfriend’s parents, you get to demur politely once and then graciously accept. A weekend is a long time, by the way! It’s generous of you to offer to do it as a favor, but I can understand why they felt obligated to pay you even if you’re not strapped for cash.

Something tells me that if you keep dating this girl, you two are going to be locked into a very pleasant lifelong battle with her parents over who gets to pick up the check. It’ll keep you sharp.

It’ll keep you sharp.はどのような意味でしょうか？よろしくお願いします

回答No.2

koncha108 · ベストアンサー

It’ll keep you sharp のit はlifelong battle。
もし彼女と付き合い続ければ、お金(ここでは小切手: the check)をだれが受け取るべきかと言う彼女に親とのバトルを続けることになると言う前ふりでそれがkeep you つまり同じ状況が続くことを言っています。もしmake you sharpだったら明確になるとか、賢くなるなのですが、そうでは無く今sharpな状態でそれが続くと言う事。
すると、意味としては、刺々しいと言うようなニュアンスでしょう。ずっと受け取る受け取らないの争いを続けたら相手に両親の立場に立ったらそう見えると言う意味もあるでしょうがそんなに悪い意味で言っていないので日本語にしたら「頑なな」くらいかな。

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回答No.1

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It’ll keep you sharp.はどのような意味でしょうか？

　下記の形容詞の４に近く「賢明な判断をする」という意味でしょう。反対語では、ごまかす、良い加減にする、甘える、どんぶり勘定、などが考えられます。　
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