in the air

漂っている、感じられる

その場の人たちが感じ取れる気持ちや雰囲気が漂っていること。

やさしい英語で： Present as a feeling or mood that people around you can sense.

• Love is in the air.
• We felt tension in the air during dinner.
• There was a sense of hope in the air.

使い方： something is in the air (Excitement was in the air before the concert.)

類義語： around, perceptible

よく使う表現： in the air, something in the air

飛び交っている、流れている

出どころのわからない情報が多くの人の間で話題になっていること。

やさしい英語で： Being talked about widely, although nobody knows where the information came from.

• There are rumours in the air.
• Talk of an election was in the air.
• Nobody could explain the strange reports in the air.

使い方： something is in the air (Rumours of a takeover are in the air.)

類義語： circulating, going around

よく使う表現： in the air, something in the air

未定の、宙に浮いている

まだ決まっていない、解決していない、または保証されていないこと。

やさしい英語で： Not yet decided, settled, or secure.

• Our plans are still in the air.
• His future was in the air after the closure.
• The final arrangements remain in the air.

使い方： something is in the air (The date remains in the air.)

類義語： unsettled, uncertain, up in the air

反対語： settled, decided

よく使う表現： in the air, still in the air

側面が無防備な

軍の側面が守られておらず、敵に攻撃されるおそれがあること。

やさしい英語で： Having an unprotected side that an enemy can attack.

• Their flank was in the air.
• The retreat left our right wing in the air.
• The commander refused to leave a flank in the air.

使い方： have a flank/wing in the air (The division had its left flank in the air.)

類義語： exposed, unprotected, unsupported

反対語： protected

よく使う表現： in the air, wing in the air