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2009.11.10

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Today's LessonCATEGORY: イディオム
OUT OF BUSINESS   廃業して、倒産して

Explanation

  • To be out of business is to no longer be operating a business; for example, because of bankruptcy.
  • out of business は、例えば倒産などのために、もう事業を営んでいない状態をさします。

OUT OF BUSINESS

examples

  1. a: Do you have any references?
    b: Well, not really. You see, my former employer is out of business now.
  2. The supermarket I've been shopping at for 15 years just went out of business last month. Now I have to drive three miles to buy groceries.
  3. The furniture store on 12th is having a going-out-of-business sale. Everything is 30 to 70 percent off.
  4. I worry that the new superstore is going to put a lot of the smaller, local bookstores out of business.

英会話レッスンBe well!