Monkey in Pajamas

"raise Cain"은 "길길이 뛰다, 말썽을 일으키다" 라는 뜻을 가진 이디엄입니다. 아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과 다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다. Mark: My vacation plans fell through. My wife's going to raise Cain.* (fall through: 실현되지 못하다, 실패하다) Tony: Don't let on to her yet. Maybe everything will turn out okay. (let on: 말하다, 털어놓다) (turn out: ~로 되다, ~인 것으로 드라나다) Mark: I hope so. I hate to back out of a promise. I know my wife had her heart set on it. (back ..

"on the go"은 "정신없이 바쁜, 계속 일하는" 라는 뜻을 가진 이디엄입니다. 아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과 다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다. Josh: That trip was murder. (murder: 죽을 맛) Lusy: Why don't you grab 40 winks? (grab 40 winks: 잠시 눈 붙이다) Josh: I think I will. I've been on the go * constantly. They ran us ragged. (run someone ragged: ~를 녹초가 되게 만들다) Lusy: Did you go sightseeing? Josh: Yes. We were roped into a tour, but it was for the birds. And we p..

"in a jam"은 "곤경에 빠져, 궁지에 몰려" 라는 뜻을 가진 이디엄입니다. 아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과 다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다. Doug: I hear you're in a jam.* Larry: I want to get out of an agreement with that fly-by-night organization. I don't think they're on the level. (fly-by-night: 한탕주의의 빨리 한몫을 잡을 생각만 하는) (on the level: 정직한, 합법적인) Doug: You should have double-check before you put your John Hancock on the contract. Now your company will end..

"black sheep"은 "골칫덩어리, 말썽꾼" 이라는 뜻을 가진 이디엄입니다. 아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과 다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다. 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..

"come through with flying colors"는 "대성공을 거두다, 훌륭히(잘) 해내다" 라는 뜻을 가진 이디엄입니다. 아래 대화를 통해 그 사용법과 다른 이디엄을 익혀봅시다. Jack: Were you a dropout? (a dropout: 중퇴자) Hank: Sort of. I kidded around too much. When I saw I wasn't getting to first base, I planned to cut out. (sort of: 다소, 거의, 비슷한) (kid around: 바보같이 굴다) (get to first base: 순조롭게 출발하다) (cut out: 재빨리 갑자기 그만두다) Jack: Well, you came through with flying c..