Grammar a Day - Level 1 [ 〜てはいられ���い・〜てばかりはいられない (tehairarenai / tebakarihairarenai) ]

〜てはいられない・〜てばかりはいられない (tehairarenai
/ tebakarihairarenai) - can't / can't afford 〜(doing something)

--- Notes ---
「〜ていることができない」という可能表現ですが、そこから「〜状態を続けられない」という意味が現れます。
「〜てばかりはいられない」という形は、過度であることを強調する時によく使われます。

one can't afford doing or continue doing a certain action because of
nervousnes or to meet the demands of that particular situation or moment.
「〜てばかりはいられない」is almost the same as
「〜てはいられない」, only the ばかり emphasizes of ' only
just doing .... (action that one should not be doing that moment)'.

--- Examples ---
もうすぐ試験なので、遊んでばかりはいられないのです。
Because exam is just around the corner, I can't (afford to) be fooling
around.

お客様がそろそろお着きになって大変なので、のんびりお茶など飲んではいられない
Since the customers will be coming in no time and it will be a hard time,
we can't just relaxing around drinking tea.

--- Comments ---
In #5856, 'Since the customers will be coming in no time and it will be a
hard time' is awkward. Should read: 'Since customers will be arriving in no
time and we will have more than our fill...' (contributor: bamboo4)

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