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"You kids get off my lawn!" is an American idiom of the late 20th century and early 21st century. The phrase presents the supposed reaction of a stereotypical elderly middle-class homeowner confronting boisterous children entering or crossing his property. Slight variations such as "Hey, get off my lawn!" and "You kids get out of my yard!" are sometimes employed. ==Background== Until the late 19th century, private lawns in the modern sense were mainly associated with the estates of the wealthy. The introduction of affordable human-pushed mechanical lawnmowers made it possible for small lawns to be maintained by individuals. During the post–World War II economic expansion, many persons from rural and urban backgrounds moved to single-family detached homes with lawns in the suburbs or in horizontally developed cities. Pride in new-found affluence was expressed in attention to these lawns, and the characteristic American high valuation of private property rights〔Hans Joachim Morgenthau, (Kenneth W. Thompson, Robert John Myers, Editors), ''Truth and tragedy: a tribute to Hans J. Morgenthau'', Transaction Publishers, (p. 165 ), 1984 ISBN 0-87855-866-7.〕〔Marcus Cunliffe, ''The right to property: a theme in American history, Sir George Watson lecture delivered in the University of Leicester, 4 May 1973'' Leicester University Press, 1974 ISBN 0-7185-1129-8, ISBN 978-0-7185-1129-6〕〔Rob Kroes, ''Them and us: questions of citizenship in a globalizing world'', University of Illinois Press, (p. 208 ), 2000 ISBN 0-252-06909-9〕〔Marcus Cunliffe, ''In search of America: transatlantic essays, 1951-1990'', p. 307, 1991.〕 was expressed in an especially proprietary attitude toward this real property. In the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, some of these first-generation homeowners were approaching or reaching retirement age, while the suburban-raised baby boomers were accustomed to the affluence symbolized by lawns as unremarkable.〔 http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/its-sweltering-hot-out 〕〔 http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/raising-free-range-kids 〕 This led to instances of the archetypical encounter envisioned by the idiom, of an older homeowner's reprimand of careless or disrespectful minors heedlessly shortcutting across his highly valued lawn. Individual instances of these mundane encounters seldom enter the historical record, although some incidents have escalated to notable levels. 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「You kids get off my lawn!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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