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paint a target on someone's back

Japanese translation: （妬み）攻撃/批判の対象となる

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English term or phrase:paint a target on someone's back
Japanese translation:（妬み）攻撃/批判の対象となる
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa

12:58 Jun 18, 2009
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English term or phrase: paint a target on someone's back
(A product)'s success paints a target on its back.

文字通りでは分かるのですが、（背中に的を描く）、
この場合どういう意味に取るべきなのでしょうか。
「ほかの製品など目標となる」と言うような意味でよいのでしょうか。

Googleで用例などを調べましたが、よく分かりませんでした。
よろしくお願いします。
nordlys75
Japan
Local time: 02:41
（妬み）攻撃の対象となる
Explanation:
http://fredtorresministries.com/target_on_your_back

上記のリンクに意味が書かれています。

CHAPTER 1

The dictionary defines “Target” as:

A: a mark to shoot at b: a target marked by shots fired at it c: something or someone fired at or marked for attack d: a goal to be achieved3 a: an object of ridicule or criticism b: something or someone to be affected by an action or development.



I can’t imagine a better way to explain the word.



I think the definitions I find to best fit our needs would be “marked for attack” or “an object of ridicule or criticism.”

Once a person, minister or pastor decides to speak out in defense of Christianity, they are doing that very thing. That person is marking them self for attack. It almost seems that once a person decides to become a Christian and follow Christ they open the door for challenge; ridicule and persecution by friends and sometimes, even family.

So, what changed me? What caused me to write this book? Why would I want to make a change in my life that would paint a target on my back?

上記の文は上に貼ったリンクからコピーしたものですが、簡単に要約すると、何かについて語ったり、擁護したりすると、攻撃の対象となるということが書かれています。つまり、ご質問の(A product)'s success paints a target on its back.とは、ヒット商品を生むと、それを妬んだり、攻撃したりする対象となる、ということだと思います。
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 02:41
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Kanazawaさん、ありがとうございます（遅くなってすみません）。よく分かりました。文脈に応じて、いろいろに訳し分けられそうな表現ですね。
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5 +5（妬み）攻撃の対象となる
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（妬み）攻撃の対象となる


Explanation:
http://fredtorresministries.com/target_on_your_back

上記のリンクに意味が書かれています。

CHAPTER 1

The dictionary defines “Target” as:

A: a mark to shoot at b: a target marked by shots fired at it c: something or someone fired at or marked for attack d: a goal to be achieved3 a: an object of ridicule or criticism b: something or someone to be affected by an action or development.



I can’t imagine a better way to explain the word.



I think the definitions I find to best fit our needs would be “marked for attack” or “an object of ridicule or criticism.”

Once a person, minister or pastor decides to speak out in defense of Christianity, they are doing that very thing. That person is marking them self for attack. It almost seems that once a person decides to become a Christian and follow Christ they open the door for challenge; ridicule and persecution by friends and sometimes, even family.

So, what changed me? What caused me to write this book? Why would I want to make a change in my life that would paint a target on my back?

上記の文は上に貼ったリンクからコピーしたものですが、簡単に要約すると、何かについて語ったり、擁護したりすると、攻撃の対象となるということが書かれています。つまり、ご質問の(A product)'s success paints a target on its back.とは、ヒット商品を生むと、それを妬んだり、攻撃したりする対象となる、ということだと思います。

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 02:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 113
Grading comment
Kanazawaさん、ありがとうございます（遅くなってすみません）。よく分かりました。文脈に応じて、いろいろに訳し分けられそうな表現ですね。

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hiroshi Kanamura
9 mins
  -> ありがとうございます。
agree  htake1: ネガティブな意味で使われることがほとんどです。口語で "...my back" とした場合などは、転じて「しゃしゃり出る」などと言い換えられる、そんな意味ですね。
10 mins
  -> ありがとうございます。
agree  Tokyo_Moscow
13 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Yumico Tanaka: 「批判対象」も使えますね。
1 day 16 hrs
  -> そうですね。ありがとうございます。
agree  Katsushi Saito: 読みが深いですね。確かに、targetには「攻撃の矛先」という意味もありますから・・・。
3 days 2 hrs
  -> ありがとうございます。　
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