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Phrase


A phrase indicating that an action/state is simply impossible due to an adverse situation. Cannot; be simply impossible; simply don't/doesn't have time; be far from~; anything but~; no way; far from; be out of question
【Related Expression: どころか; こどろのはなしではない】

Key Sentences

(ksa). 自分のことで精一杯で、人のことなど考えるどころではない

I'm so busy with my own things that I simply can't think of other people's matters (right now).

(ksb). 年末なのに多忙で、海外旅行(をする)どころではなかった

I was so busy toward the end of the year that there was no way I could travel abroad.

(ksc). 津波で愛する娘を亡くしたので、悲しいどころではない。死にたい気持ちだ。

I lost my beloved daughter in the tsunami. I'm not just sad. I feel like killing myself.

(ksd). 定年になっても暇どころではない。毎日野菜作りに精を出している。

I have retired, but I can't say I have any free time. Every day I put all my energy into vegetable gardening.


Formation

(i){V/Adjectiveい}informal nonpast どころではない  
映画を見るどころではない Someone simply doesn't have time to see a movie
面白いどころではない Someone is far from being interesting
(ii)Noun (をする) どころではない Where Noun is typically an action noun
ゴルフ(をする)どころではない I simply don't have time to play golf
散歩(をする)どころではない I simply don't have time to take a walk
(iii)Adjective な stem どころではない  
自由どころではない Something/someone is hardly free

Examples

(a). 毎日の生活に汲々としていて、株を買うどころではありません

My everyday life is so tight financially that I simply can't consider buying stocks.

(b). 私はテニスが大好きだが、最近大怪我をしてテニスどころではない

I love tennis, but I sustained a severe injury recently, and playing tennis is now out of the question.

(c). A:おい、今晩、飲みに行こうか。B:それどころじゃないんだ。妻が入院したんだ。

A: Hey, why don't we go drinking tonight? B: No way. My wife has been hospitalized.

(d). 目下寝たきりの母の介護で、外出どころではないんです。

Right now I'm taking care of my bed-ridden mother, so I simply don't have time to leave the house.

(e). このところ学生の修論指導で研究どころじゃないんだよ。

I've been advising MA students on their theses lately and I simply don't have time to do research.

(f). A:妻:あなた、この週末に熱海の温泉にでも行かない? B:夫:それどころじゃないんだよ。原稿の締め切りが来週の月曜日なんだ。

Wife: Honey, why don't we go to the hot springs in Atami this weekend? Husband: No way! The deadline for the manuscript is next Monday.

(g). スイカマラソンは、レース中やレース後にスイカが食べられる。でも、走り終わったら、へとへとで、とてもスイカを食べるどころではないそうだ。

In the watermelon marathon, runners can eat watermelon during or after the race, but I hear that when they're done running they're so tired that there's no way they can eat the watermelon.

(h). 今日は非常に暑かった。もう暖かいどころではない

It was extremely hot today. You can't just call it warm anymore.

(i). ものすごい排気ガスを吸っているから、健康どころではない

I am breathing in all these awful exhaust fumes, so I am far from being healthy.


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