"play it by ear" = "임기응변으로 처리하다"

"play it by ear"은

"임기응변으로 처리하다"

라는 뜻을 가진 

이디엄입니다.

 

아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과

다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다.

 

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Don: He butted in and loused up the deal.

 

(butt in: 참견하다)

 

(louse up: 망치다)

 

 

 

Scott: Don't worry. We'll iron out

the problems. Just play it by ear*.

 

(iron out: 해결하다)

 

 

 

Don: Do you think we'll still

get our foot in the door?

 

(get one's foot in the door:

발을 들여놓다)

 

 

 

Scott: Only if we handle them with kid gloves.

We don't want to get the brush-off. 

 

(handle something with kid gloves:

무엇을 신중히 다루다)

 

(the brush-off: 거절, 찬밥 신세)

 

 

 

Don: I'll make sure he doesn't

put his foot in his mouth again.

 

(make sure: 확실하게 하다)

 

(put one's foot in one's mouth:

실언을 하다)

 

 

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* play it by ear 

 

= 

 

to decide how to deal with a situation

as it develpes, rather than acting

according to plans made earlier

 

 

(사전 세운 계획대로 하는 것보다는 

상황의 진척에 따라 처리방법을 결정하다)

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(예문)

 

We can't make decision yet.

Let's just play it by ear.

 

(우리는 아직 결정을 할 수 없다.

그냥 임기응변으로 처리하자!)

 

<자료: Cambridge Dictionary>