새로운 계획을 생각해 내거나 발명하다라고 할 때 사용하는 표현입니다.
think up = invent = create
The theme for this year's party will not work. We need to think up a new idea.
2009년 12월 2일 수요일
Idiom 180: pitch in
pitch in = help
Everyone needs to pitch in so that we can get the work done and go home.
Everyone needs to pitch in so that we can get the work done and go home.
2009년 11월 25일 수요일
Idiom 179: on the fritz
못쓰게 만들거나 고장난 상태를 가리킬 사용합니다.
on the fritz = not working correctly = out of order
The ice is melting in our freezer. I think it is on the fritz.
on the fritz = not working correctly = out of order
The ice is melting in our freezer. I think it is on the fritz.
2009년 11월 23일 월요일
Idiom 178: walk all over someone
어떠한 좋은 의도를 나쁘게 이용하는 경우를 가리킬 사용합니다.
walk all over someone = take advantage of someone
He loves her so much and she walks all over him.
walk all over someone = take advantage of someone
He loves her so much and she walks all over him.
Idiom 177: twiddle one's thumbs
일하지 않는 바쁘지 않는 상황을 가리킬 때 사용합니다. 직역을 하시면 의역이 되겠지요. 손가락을 빙빙 돌리는 상상을 하시면 어떤 때 그렇게 할까요... 할일없어서 빈들빈들 놀때.
twiddle one's thumbs = not busy = not working
Our department has gotten slow this season. All we are doing is twiddling our thumbs.
twiddle one's thumbs = not busy = not working
Our department has gotten slow this season. All we are doing is twiddling our thumbs.
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