[영어/영어표현/영숙어/영단어] 꼭 짚고 넘어가기! 가장 흔하게 쓰이는 기본 English Idioms

한국어 포함, 어느 언어던간에 가장 흔하게 쓰이는 표현(영숙어, idioms)들이 있다.

그래서 그 표현들 만큼은 반드시 알고 넘어가야 독해, 이해, 스피킹, 리스닝 등의 모든 언어 능력치의 영역에서 플러스를 바라볼 수 있다. 

 

한국을 떠나 영어권으로 옮겨온 후, 영어 공부를 시작할 때, 선생님이 그러셨다.

영어는 언어야. 세계의 수많은 사람들이 매일 매일 쓰고있는 언어라구. 그러니까 이것이 학문이다라는 생각을 버려야해. 

그들이 어떤 영어 표현을 쓰고 어떻게 이야기하는지 잘 들어봐봐. 그리고 외워.

커뮤니케이션을 위한 언어인 만큼 그들의 방법을 알아야 해. 단어만큼 중요한 게 숙어니까 그것도 반드시 외우고. 

 

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가장 흔하게 쓰이는 영숙어 표현들은 외우는 게 좋다. 대화할 때도, 티비나 영화에서도, 책에서도 흔하게 쏟아져나오기 때문이다. 

 

Usage에서 'as part of a sentence'는 문장 안에서, by itself는 단독으로 쓰이는 것을 의미한다.

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Idiom	Meaning	Usage
A blessing in disguise	a good thing that seemed bad at first 불행처럼 보이나 실은 좋은 것	as part of a sentence
A dime a dozen	Something common 흔한 것	as part of a sentence
Beat around the bush	Avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable 돌려말하기	as part of a sentence
Better late than never	Better to arrive late than not to come at all 아주 없는/안하는 것 보다 늦게 하는/되는 것이 낫다	by itself
Bite the bullet	To get something over with because it is inevitable 울며 겨자먹기	as part of a sentence
Break a leg	Good luck	by itself
Call it a day	Stop working on something 오늘은 여기까지 하자/오늘은 이만하자	as part of a sentence
Cut somebody some slack	Don't be so critical 너무 심하게 하진 마, 좀 봐줘	as part of a sentence
Cutting corners	Doing something poorly in order to save time or money 돈/시간을 절약하기 위해 일을 어설프게 하기	as part of a sentence
Easy does it	Slow down	by itself
Get out of hand	Get out of control	as part of a sentence
Get something out of your system	Do the thing you've been wanting to do so you can move on 앞으로 계속 가기 위해(현재나 과거의 상처에 머물러있지 않게) 해야할 일은 해	as part of a sentence
Get your act together	Work better or leave	by itself
Give someone the benefit of the doubt	Trust what someone says even though you are not sure that what the person is saying is true 완전히 미덥진 않지만 그렇다고 하자	as part of a sentence
Go back to the drawing board	Start over	as part of a sentence
Hang in there	Don't give up	by itself
Hit the sack	Go to sleep	as part of a sentence
It's not rocket science	It's not complicated	by itself
Let someone off the hook	To not hold someone responsible for something 누군가를 책임/궁지에서 벗어나게 하다	as part of a sentence
Make a long story short	Tell something briefly	as part of a sentence
Miss the boat	It's too late	as part of a sentence
No pain, no gain	You have to work for what you want	by itself
On the ball	Doing a good job	as part of a sentence
Pull someone's leg	To joke with someone	as part of a sentence
Pull yourself together	Calm down	by itself
So far so good	Things are going well so far	by itself
Speak of the devil	The person we were just talking about showed up! 호랑이도 제 말하면 온다	by itself
That's the last straw	My patience has run out 내 인내심이 바닥났다	by itself
The best of both worlds	An ideal situation 성질이 다른 두 가지 일의 좋은 점만 합쳐 큰 이익을 꾀하다	as part of a sentence
Time flies when you're having fun	You don't notice how long something lasts when it's fun 즐거우면 시간이 가는지 모른다	by itself
To get bent out of shape	To get upset	as part of a sentence
To make matters worse	Make a problem worse 엎친데 덮친격	as part of a sentence
Under the weather	Sick	as part of a sentence
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it	Let's not talk about that problem right now 지금은 그 일에 대해 말하지 말자	by itself
Wrap your head around something	Understand something complicated 어려운 문제를 이해하다	as part of a sentence
You can say that again	That's true, I agree	by itself
Your guess is as good as mine	I have no idea	by itself