プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
さすが【▲流▲石】
1 〔いかにも〕
- さすがに彼は冷静だった
As might have been expected, he remained calm [self-possessed]. - さすがは医者の息子だ
That's just what one would expect of a doctor's son.
2 〔とはいうものの〕
- 彼の切手が欲しくてたまらなかったが，さすがにくれとは言えなかった
Though I wanted his stamps badly, still I was not bold enough to ask him to give them to me.
3 〔あれほどの〕
- さすがの頑固親父も子供には勝てなかった
Stubborn as he is, he wasn't able to get the better of his children. - さすがの大男もその石は持ち上げられなかった
Even the big man could not lift the rock.