"pull a few strings" = "백을 쓰다"

"pull a few strings"는

"백을 쓰다" 라는 뜻을 가진

이디엄입니다.

 

아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과

다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다.

 

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Bernie: There's a job opening in company.

It would suit you to a T.

(to a T: 딱, 완전히)

 

 

Harold: Could you pull a few strings*

to get me hired? 

 

 

Bernie: I can't. My hands are tied.

(one's hands are tied: 도와줄 수 없다)

 

 

Harold: Don't you know anyone who

 could throw his weight around. 

(throw one's weight around:

힘을 과시하다)

 

 

Bernie: What about your brother?

He's a big shot.

Maybe he could put in his two cents.

(a big shot: 거물)

(put in one's two cents:

자기 의견을 말하다)

 

Harold: Asking him is wasting my breath.

I think I'll have to make my own way.

(waste one's breath: 입만 아프다)

(make one's own way: 자력으로 해보다)

 

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* pull strings 

 

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to secretly use the influence you have

over important people in order to

get something or to help someone:

 

=

 

무언가를 얻거나 누군가를 도와주기 위해

중요한 사람들에게 당신이 갖고 있는

영향력을 비밀리에 행사하다. 

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(예문)

 

I may be able to pull a few strings

if you need the document urgently.

(만일 당신이 그 서류를 긴급하게 

필요로 하면 내가 백을 쓸 수도 있지)

 

<자료: Cambridge Dictionary>