kick around

話し合う、検討する

何をするか決める前に、案や可能性を気軽に話し合うこと。

やさしい英語で： To discuss ideas or possibilities in a relaxed way before deciding what to do.

• Let us kick around some ideas.
• They kicked the plan around for an hour.
• Have you kicked around any possible names?

使い方： kick something around (We kicked the proposal around over lunch.)

類義語： discuss, consider, toss around

よく使う表現： kick around ideas, kick something around

ぶらぶらする、放置されている

あてもなくその辺にいたり、使われず忘れられたまま置かれていたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To be somewhere without much purpose, or remain there unused or forgotten.

• An old radio was kicking around upstairs.
• He kicked around town all afternoon.
• Do you have any spare batteries kicking around?

使い方： kick around + place (That spare cable has been kicking around the office for months.)

類義語： hang around, lie around

よく使う表現： kick around somewhere, kick around the house

いじめる、手荒く扱う

人をいじめたり、物を乱暴に扱ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： To treat a person badly or handle an object roughly.

• Do not let them kick you around.
• That case can survive being kicked around.
• His old boss kicked him around for years.

使い方： kick someone/something around (They treated him like someone they could kick around.)

類義語： mistreat, bully, push around

よく使う表現： kick someone around, kick something around

遊びのサッカー

楽しみのために気軽に行う、サッカーなどの試合。

やさしい英語で： A relaxed game of football or a similar sport, usually played for fun.

• We had a kick around in the park.
• Fancy a kick around after school?
• The team enjoyed a relaxed kick around before lunch.

類義語： kickabout

よく使う表現： a kick around, friendly kick around