어떠한 사실을 확실히 지적할 때 사용합니다.
put one's finger on = find precisely = remember exactly
She didn't know what was causing the problem, but she finally put her finger on it.
2009년 11월 4일 수요일
2009년 11월 3일 화요일
Idiom 153: fly off the handle
발끈하다라고 할 때 사용합니다. 예전에 배웠던 hit the ceiling이란 표현도 같은 뜻이구요.
fly off the handle = get angry
Her mother flew off the handle when she found out that her daughter dropped out of college.
fly off the handle = get angry
Her mother flew off the handle when she found out that her daughter dropped out of college.
2009년 11월 2일 월요일
Idiom 152: old flame
상황: 옛애인을 가리킬 때 사용합니다. ex boyfriend or ex girfriend라고도 하죠.
old flame = someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship = former boyfriend or girlfriend
She bumped into an old flame at the shopping mall.
old flame = someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship = former boyfriend or girlfriend
She bumped into an old flame at the shopping mall.
Idiom 151: let someone off the hook
상황: 용의선상에서 벗어나다라고 할 때 쓰는 표현입니다.
let someone off the hook = excuse from a penalty or promise
Because this eas his first criminal offense, he was let off the hook.
let someone off the hook = excuse from a penalty or promise
Because this eas his first criminal offense, he was let off the hook.
2009년 10월 27일 화요일
Idiom 150: Rack one's brain
상황: 어떠한 순간에 쉽게 써왔던 무언가를 생각해 내려고 했던 경험이 있으실 것입니다. 친한 친구의 전화번호, 집 전화번호, 심지어 자기 셀폰번호등등. 이런 경우를 가리킬 때 사용하는 표현입니다.
rack one's brain = try to hard to think or remember
I racked my brain to remember who I was supposed to call back.
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