have one's heart go out to someone, bum, taw

Asia Pacific Arts' hearts go out to the victims of the December 14th school shooting & stabbing sprees in Connecticut and China's Henan Province.

Quotes:

"In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum."
The figurative meaning, i.e. the non-cards-related 'very greatly' meaning, isn't found before the 1920s. The American journalist and writer Damon Runyon used the expression that way in a piece for Hearst's International magazine, in October 1929:

"I always hear the same thing about every bum on Broadway, male and female, including some I know are bums, in spades, right from taw."

It isn't possible to be sure that the figurative 'in spades' derives from Bridge - we don't say 'in hearts' after all, but the coincidence of the time and place of the origin of the expression and the popularity of the card game certainly does suggest a connection.


The new show got a bum/bad rap (= was severely criticized) in all the papers.




have one's heart go out to someone

Fig. to have compassion for someone. I can't have my heart go out to everyone. To give generously to charity shows that one's heart goes out to those who are suffering.

taw
n.

1. Chiefly Southern U.S. A large, fancy marble used for shooting.
2. The line from which a player shoots in marbles.
3. A game of marbles.

intr.v., tawed, taw·ing, taws.
To shoot a marble.

[Origin unknown.]

bum

[名]((略式))

1 怠け者；いいかげんな［くだらない, だめな］やつ；フーテン；人にたかって暮らしているやつ；身なりを構わないやつ；飲んだくれ. ▼人間として無価値といったきつい含みを伴う

You lazy bum！
このぐうたら野郎が

She's no bum for looks.
器量だって悪くなんかないぜ.

2 （仕事・家族・生活などを顧みず）スポーツなどに熱中する人

a surf bum
サーフィン狂.

3 飲んだくれること；道楽, 放蕩(ほうとう).

4 ((俗))低級な売春婦；((英俗))尻(しり).

bums on seats

観客［入場］者（数）.

on the bum

((略式))
(1) フーテンの生活をして.
(2) ((俗))（働かずに）のらくらして, 人にたかって.
(3) 破損して；不調で；乱雑で.

━━[動]（〜med, 〜・ming）(他)

1 ((略式))…を（人から）ただで手に入れる；…を（人に）せびる((off, from ...))

bum money from ［off］ ...
…に金をたかる

bum a ride
ただ乗り［ヒッチハイク］する.

2 ((俗))…をめちゃめちゃ［ひどい状態］にする, 〈人を〉がっかり［うんざり］させる, 不愉快にする((out)).

3 〈人を〉だます, 「かも」にする.

4 ((俗))〈コンピュータのプログラムなどを〉改良する；（一般に）…をより効率のいいものにする.

━━(自)((略式))

1 寄食生活をする；フーテンの暮らしをする；のらくらする, 放浪する((around))；ヒッチハイクする.

2 車で（道を）のろのろ行く((along/along ...)).

━━[形]((略式))

1 安っぽい, おそまつな, みすぼらしい.

2 間違った, いんちきな；誤解を招く

give a person bum advice
人にがせねたをつかませる

What a bum deal！
なんてひどいしろものをつかまされたものだ.

3 〈体の部分が〉調子がよくない；欠陥がある, だめな.

4 実に不愉快な［ひどい］.