on the prowl take something in stride fizzle out get off the ground take heart in the know No wonder.
────────────────────────────── on the prowl, うろついて ────────────────────────────── If an animal is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal.
prowlは動詞で「（動物が）こそこそうろつく」 prowl car [アメリカ] パトカー
E-DICより。
on the prowl セックスの相手を求めてうろつく。 Tom is on the prowl this evening, standing at a street corner and sizing up every young girl that passes by. トムは、今晩ナンパしようと街角に立ち、通りを行く若い女性の品定めをしている
────────────────────────────── take something in stride, …に動じない、…を受け流す、…を難 なく切り抜ける ────────────────────────────── In British English, if you take a problem or difficulty in your stride, you deal with it calmly and easily. The American expression is take something in stride.
[OED] I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride.
────────────────────────────── fizzle out, あっけなく終わる、尻すぼみに終る ────────────────────────────── If something fizzles out, it ends in a weak or disappointing way, often after starting strongly.
fizzleだけでも同じ意味。 peter outもほぼ同じ意味。
────────────────────────────── get off the ground, うまくいく ────────────────────────────── If you get something off the ground, you put it into operation, often after a lot of work getting it organized. If something gets off the ground, it starts operating or functioning.
get offなので「離陸する」から「何かをはじめる」、さらにはfunctioning とあるように「機能する」という意味へ。
────────────────────────────── take heart, 気を取り直す、勇気づく ────────────────────────────── If you take heart from something, you are encouraged and make to feel optimistic by it.
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Trend Spotting (3) 9/22-23, 2006"
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