"keyed up" = "안절부절못하는"

"keyed up"은
(중요한 일을 앞두고)
"안절부절못하는" 

이라는 뜻을 가진 

이디엄입니다.

 

아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과

다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다.

 

 

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Brett: He's hyper lately. I don't know why

he's so keyed up*.

 

(hyper: 긴장한)

 

 

 

Ron: I think he bit off more than he could chew

when he took this job. He doesn't know

if he's coming or going.

 

(bite off more than one can chew:

분에 넘치는 일을 하다)

 

(not know if one is coming or going:

혼란 또는 혼돈의 상태에 있다)

 

 

 

Brett: He keeps running around in circles.

He better simmer down

and get a grip on himself.

 

(run around in circles:

다람쥐 쳇바퀴 돌 듯하다)

 

(simmer down: 진정하다)

 

(get a grip on oneself:

자제하다 / 감정을 다스리다)

 

 

 

Ron: It's too late. Frankly,

I think he's already lost his marbles.

 

(lose one's marbles: 실성하다)

 

 

 

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* keyed up

 

=

 

very excited or nervous,

usually before an important event

 

(통상 매우 중요한 일을 앞두고

매우 흥분한 또는 긴장한)

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(예문)

 

He always gets keyed up about tests.

 

(그는 시험을 앞두고

항상 안절부절못한다.)

 

 

<자료: Cambridge Dictionary>