on ice

氷の上で、氷に載せて

氷に触れたり載せたりしていること。冷やす目的の場合もある。

やさしい英語で： Touching or resting on frozen water, sometimes to keep something cold.

• Be careful walking on ice.
• The shop displayed fresh fish on ice.
• She slipped on ice outside the house.

よく使う表現： skate on ice, slip on ice, fish on ice

保留中の、棚上げされた

後で再開するために、一時的に止められたり延期されたりした状態。

やさしい英語で： Temporarily stopped or delayed until a later time.

• Our travel plans are on ice.
• They put the merger on ice after the talks failed.
• How long will you keep the project on ice?

使い方： put/keep something on ice (We put the project on ice until funding arrives.)

類義語： on hold, suspended, postponed

反対語： active

よく使う表現： put something on ice, keep something on ice, plans on ice

氷上で、アイスショーで

出演者がスケートをしながら演じるショーとして行われること。

やさしい英語で： Performed as a show in which the actors skate.

• We saw a fairy tale on ice.
• The theatre company performed the musical on ice last winter.
• Have you seen their new ballet on ice?

よく使う表現： ballet on ice, musical on ice, show on ice

勝利が確実な、勝負が決まった

勝つことがほぼ確実で、結果に疑いがない状態。

やさしい英語で： So certain to be won that the result is no longer in doubt.

• That goal put the game on ice.
• With a huge lead, they had the victory on ice.
• The captain put the match on ice with a final point.

使い方： put a game on ice (Their late goal put the game on ice.)

類義語： in the bag, secured

よく使う表現： put something on ice, game on ice, victory on ice

殺された、死んだ

死んでいること。特に、誰かに殺された場合に使う。

やさしい英語で： Dead, usually because someone has killed the person.

• The witness is on ice now.
• The crime boss wanted his rival on ice.
• In the film, the killer puts two gangsters on ice.

使い方： put someone on ice (The gangster ordered his men to put the witness on ice.)

類義語： dead

反対語： alive

よく使う表現： put someone on ice, someone on ice