영어공부 63탄 (idioms)

1. roll up your sleeves : (소매를 걷어 붇이며) 적극적으로 임하다

Collins 영영사전: to get ready to work hard, often as part of a group of people

ex) Applicants must be over 65 years od age, have organizational skills, and a roll-up-your-sleeves.

*roll-up-your-sleeves attitude : 적극적인 태도

We need to roll up our sleeves.

Let's roll up our sleeves, work together, and try to get ome stuff done.

 

2. crystal clear : clear 의 의미를 강조, 정말 투명하느 정말 확실한

Collins 영영사전:  If you say that a message or statement is crystal clear, you are emphasizing that it is very easy to understand.

ex) It's crtstal clear.

Crystal:

1. (계곡, 바다 등) 물이 정말 맑고 깨끗할때 : diving into that crytal clear pool

2. 분명히/확실히 : I wanna be crytal clear.

A: Is this clear?

B; Yes, it's crystal clear. Or crystal.

 

3. 24/7 or 24-7 : (하루 24시간, 일주일 내내) 늘, 주구장창/연중무휴

Collins 영영사전: If something happens 24/7, it happens all the time without ever stopping.

24/7 means twenty-four hours a day, seven day a week.

ex) He calls me 24/7.

They are open 24/7.

24/7 customer service

We provide 24/7 medical care.

 

4. Sleep on it : (하룻빔 자면) 심사 숙고하다

Merriam-webster: to think more about something overnight and make a decision about it later

지금 당장 내리기 어려운 결정일때 - sleep on it- 시간을 갖고 곰곰히 생각해 볼께

I slept on it: 곰곰히 생각해 봤어

ex) I slept on it for two months, and I woke up, and I thought, " The idea of not doing this is not possible."

technically (따지고 보면)

 

5. ballpark figure : (가격, 수치 등을 어림잡아 말항때 자주씀) 어림셈

Dictionally.com: an acceptable, roughly accurate approximation

ballpark 야구장 + figure 숫자/수치

ex) Give me a ballpark figure. (가격, 기간 등) 대략 어림잡아 말해줘

* Somewhere in that ballpark -(가격, 기간 등) 어림잡아 그 정도 범위

ex) 37-28 million, so somewhere in that ballpark

 

6. take a raincheck :(제의, 초대 등을 거절하며 다음번에는 받아 들이겠다는 뉘앙스로) 미루다, 다음을 기약하다

Collins 영영사전:  To refuse an offer or invitation politely, or say that you would like to accept it, but at a different time. 

ex) Can I take a rain check?

I am so tired.

ex) I'm gonna have to take a rain check.

 

7. (I have ) a lot on my plate. (처리해야 할) 문제/일이 많다.

Longman 영영사전: To have a ;arge number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do.

ex) I've got a lot of thing on my plate.

좀 더 쉽게 My plate's full.

ex) Guys, I hate to do this to you, but my plate's full.

ex) I'm sorry, but my plate's just a little full at the moment.