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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク Tom Tidler's Ground ： ウィキペディア英語版 Tom Tidler's Ground Tom Tidler's Ground, also known as Tom Tiddler's Ground or Tommy Tiddler's Ground, is an ancient children's game in which one player, "Tom Tidler," stands on a heap of stones, gravel, etc.; other players rush onto the heap, crying "Here I am on Tom Tidler's ground," while Tom tries to capture the invaders or keep them off. By extension, the phrase has come to mean the ground or tenement of a sluggard, or of one who is easily taken advantage of. The essence of the game lives on in such more modern games as Steal the Bacon and variants of Tag. ("Tom Tiddler's Ground" ) is the name of an 1861 short story〔 The protagonist "Mr. Mopes" of the story by Dickens is based upon the hermit James Lucas.〕 by Charles Dickens, and the phrase "Tom Tidler's ground" appears in his novels ''Nicholas Nickleby'', ''David Copperfield'' and ''Dombey and Son''. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is also the title of a 1931 poem and a 1931 anthology of children's poetry edited by Walter de la Mare. ''Tom Tiddler's Ground'' is a 1934 novel by Edward Shanks. "Tom Tiddler's Ground" is a song on the 1970 album ''Flat Baroque and Berserk'' by Roy Harper. E.F Benson also mentions "Tom Tiddler's Ground" in ''The Worshipful Lucia''. Tom Tiddler's Ground is also used in modern English as a euphemism for having an uncertain status, for example, "I asked her why her performance review was late and I could tell she was on Tom Tiddler's Ground". == See also == *King of the Hill (game) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Tidler's Ground」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.