Idiom 48: Back burner

상황: 여러분들은 어떤 일을 하는데 있어서 우선순위를 두고 해야할 때가 많이 있으실 것입니다. 그럴때 우선순위가 뒤로 처질 때 쓰는 표현입니다.

back burner = having low urgency = not currently important 뒷전
If you put an issue on the back burner, you leave it in order to deal with it later because you now consider it to have become less urgent or important.


If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.

Common errors 6: Autobiography vs. Biography

autobiography: an account of his or her life by the author 자서전

biography: an account of a life written by someone else 전기

Idiom 47: Pick up the tab

상황: 식당에 가서 bill을 지불할 때 쓰는 표현입니다.

pick up the tab = pay the bill

Since he came into a lot of money, he always picks up the tab whenever we go out to dinner.