Name: 英語の家庭教師ニックPの箴言(163) 時と潮は人を待たない (English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (163) Time and Tide Wait for No Man)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and  this is proverbs 163.  The proverb today is " time and tide wait

法助動詞 B1

for no man. Okay. Let's look at the note here. You may also possibly hear this

proverb as time and tide stay for no man or you may hear it as time and tide

tarry for no man. All right.  A little bit of an old use. Tarry means to stay longer

or dawdle  or kind of waste too much time. Okay. Let's continue. This proverb is

often used as a warning that time will not wait for you.  You only have so much

time to make decisions and get important things done. If you wait too long or

procrastinate opportunities may be lost.  It could also be used to suggest that

human events and behavior cannot stop time or cannot change time. Okay. Let's

continue.  The earliest known sighting comes from

around twelve hundred and twenty five.  And I think Chaucer then used it in the

1300s too,  but they say that the time and tide,  the original ...  the original quote

time and tide , the original tide was not actually for the sea tide,  the original

tide had to do with time. So let's go over this. At that time,  the word tide also

meant time as like in a season.  Like  nowadays we ... around Christmas we always

hear the word "Yuletide. " You know,  I always wondered Yuletide ?  Where did  that come

from ? But the tide in Yuletide actually refers to time or like a season. Like the

Christmas season. Okay. So as in a season or special period. The term , Yuletide.

Good tidings,  we often say that. That's also in  a Christmas song you know , like you

know , wishing somebody good times.  Tides were also used in the days of

sundials. You know,  the early days like you know,  around ten hundred,  eleven

hundred , twelve hundred around this time.  Yeah. And each was considered to be three

hours.  I think originally when they using time back then,  because they didn't

have watches yet. And of course no electricity. So they were using sundials

and I think they also paid attention to the tide coming in and out,  in a way of

judging time too. So there is a little bit of a connection there. They were also

used for days. They were considered to be three hours. So a tide was was three

hours and the working day was supposedly broken into four tides. So that's why we

had ...  there used to be words like even tide, even,  even tied meaning like the evening

tide or the noontide you know,  around twelve o'clock.

Something like that. So it really did relate to to time. At that time , but some later

think this use could also be related to to tides in a way,  due to another story.

From the story of King Canute. He lived from 995 to 1035 ad and he was the king

of what is our modern-day England Denmark and Norway. That's kind of

interesting. According to the story,  the king tried to teach his subjects

that even a king has limited power. You know and he did this actually by,  by

commanding the sea and the tides to stop.  So he knew the sea tides will not listen

to him,  but this was his way of teaching them that you know even a king only has

so much power. So he wasn't doing , doing in an arrogant way,  he was doing it in a way

to actually teach them. Okay. Good. All right. Well but anyway. So this is ... this

is some of the origins of where it comes from. But you know,  either way it really

means it's always used as a warning that you know,  time is limited. You , you have to

act. You have to make up your decision and do things. All right. So let's look at

a couple of examples here. You need to decide if you are going to do this or

not.  Don't wait too long. Time and tide wait

for no man. Okay. That's one way we might use it.  Or the second one here. We always believe

in addressing issues right away. Time and tide waits for no man.

Okay. Anyway this is the way we might use it . I hope you got it. I hope  it was clear, Thank