ネイティブの英文で英語表現を覚えよう！　045 My neighbour has lost the plot

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単語リスト

キーワード	発音記号	意味
lost the plot	/lɒst ðə plɒt/	筋が通らなくなった、混乱した、見当違いなことをした
the for sale sign	/ðə fɔːr seɪl saɪn/	売り出し中の看板
To avoid having to label it as a dispute	/tuː əˈvɔɪd ˈhævɪŋ tuː ˈleɪbəl ɪt æz ə dɪˈspjuːt/	それを紛争として分類することを避けるために
in order to rectify the situation	/ɪn ˈɔːrdər tuː ˈrektɪfaɪ ðə ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən/	状況を改善するために
were under the impression	/wɜːr ˈʌndər ði ɪmˈpreʃən/	〜という印象を持っていた
good riddance	/ɡʊd ˈrɪdəns/	せいせいした、いなくなってくれてよかった
well enough alone	/wel ɪˈnʌf əˈləʊn/	放っておけばよかった、干渉しない方がよかった
trespass	/ˈtrespæs/	不法侵入する
I would have expected	/aɪ wʊd hæv ɪkˈspektɪd/	〜だろうと思っていた
in turn	/ɪn tɜːrn/	順番に、代わりに、その結果

My neighbour has lost the plot

I’ve posted on this thread before – about my neighbours behaviour. We’re trying to sell our house and when we put the for sale sign up, she emailed the estate agent to say she wants the next owner to know that the garden fence and wall are not ours, they’re hers. To avoid having to label it as a dispute we tried to speak to her, and ask what could be done in order to rectify the situation.

It resulted in an argument, with her saying we haven’t respected the boundary line in our 5 years of living here. We were under the impression the wall/fence split the boundary and all was fine, we have never interfered with either. We asked if she wanted two fences, or two walls, but she said she didn’t care, good riddance.

The next day we received a letter apologising for her attitude, and that as long as the next owners understand the fence and wall are hers, there shouldn’t be an issue.

We decided to leave the issue well enough alone & told the EA to let whoever is interested that the fence isn’t our responsibility.

Ive gone out today, and have come home to huge ‘129s’ painted on the wall, and all along our garden fence. I’m pissed off because our garden is private, with a gate, so she’s come onto and into our property to do this.

My husband thinks we should leave it alone, but I’m furious. Not only does it look shit – she’s trespassed. For someone who is terrified at the thought of us touching her fence, I would have expected she would respect our property in turn.

What is the best thing to do here?

出典元

https://www.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/1kks1lw/i_just_lost_my_dream_job_a_month_into_it/