It is all very well [well enough], but...

It is all very well [well enough], but...
((略式))それはまことに結構だが…《◆不満の反語用法》

It's all very ~ for you to say so, but who will go instead? 君がそういうのは結構だが, だれが代りに行くのですか.


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