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◈ 관용어
* Don't take any wooden nickels: 조심해서 가
ex) Have a good trip to Chicago, and don't take any wooden nickels.
* drop in the bucket: 바다의 물 한 방울, 무시해도 좋을 만큼 조금
ex) I have saved all month for a skateboard, but I still have only a drop in the bucket.
* eat your hat: 그럴 리가 없다. 손에 장을 지지다
ex) If we don't win this basketball game by at least twenty points, I'll eat my hat.
* eat your words: 식언하다, (특히 부끄러워하며) 한말을 취소하다
ex) He predicted that I'd fall biology, but I got a C. Now he'll have to eat his words.
* fill the bill: 목적(기대)에 맞다, 필요한 표준에 달하다
ex) Ah, this steak is great, it really fills the bill.
* go to pot: (사람들이 제대로 일을 하지 않아) 망하다
ex) He wasted his money on useless things, and finally went to pot.
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