"black sheep" = "골칫덩어리"

 

"black sheep"은

"골칫덩어리, 말썽꾼"

이라는 뜻을 가진 

이디엄입니다.

 

아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과

다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다.

 

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Dan: Why are you taking your hat off to me?

 

(take one's hat off to someone:

경의를 표하다)

 

 

 

Frank: Because you succeeded even though

you had two strikes against you.

 

You were born on the wrong side of the tracks and

you were the black sheep* of the family to boot.

 

(have two strikes against one:

궁지에 몰리다)

 

(the wrong side of the tracks:

빈곤층 거주 지역)

 

(to boot: 게다가 = in addition)

 

 

 

Dan: Well, I came a long way

mainly because I was a go-getter. 

 

(come a long way:

크게 발전/성공하다)

 

(a go-getter: 야심가)

 

 

 

 

Frank: You also have a head on your shoulders. 

 

I'm glad to see you're batting a thousand.

 

(have a head on one's shoulders:

영리하거나 분별력이 있다)

 

(bat a thousand: 대성공을 거두다/

아주 잘 해내다)

 

 

 

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* black sheep 

 

= 

 

a person who has done something bad

that brings embarrassment or shame

to his or her family

 

(가족에게 곤란한 상황 또는

창피를 주는 나쁜 것을 행하는 사람)

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(예문)

 

He's the black sheep of the family.

 

(그는 집안의 골칫덩어리다.)

 

<자료: Cambridge Dictionary>