常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

arm flailing

arm flailingとは「腕を振り回す」ことですが、最近はどうもこちらのイメージが先に浮かんでしまいます。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euV1HmGm22s
なお下の記事であげたrailroadがここでも頻出しています。(UG)

Japan’s Government Railroads Controversial Secrets Bill

No amount of heckling, arm flailing, or banging on a committee chairman’s desk could stop the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe railroading a controversial state intelligence bill through a parliamentary debate Thursday.

In ramming the draft legislation through a special committee on national security, Mr. Abe made abundantly clear he was willing to use the force of greater numbers in his drive to strengthen national security, a tactic he could use again for other parts of his policy agenda.

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/12/05/japans-government-railroads-controversial-secrets-bill/