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# μ˜μ–΄λ‘œ λ§ν•˜κΈ° λ‚œκ°ν•˜κ³  μ–΄λ €μš΄ ν‘œν˜„λ“€μ΄ μˆ™μ–΄λ‚˜ κ΄€μš©κ΅¬λ₯Ό μ‚¬μš©ν•˜λ©΄ κ°„λ‹¨ν•˜κ²Œ ν•΄κ²°λ˜λŠ” κ²½μš°κ°€ λ§Žλ‹€.
# λͺ¨λ₯΄λ©΄ λ‹Ήμ—°νžˆ 독해도 μ•ˆλ˜κ³  듀렀도 λ¬΄μŠ¨λœ»μΈμ§€ μ•Œ 수 μ—†λ‹€
# 원어민듀도 많이 μ“°λŠ” μ˜μ–΄ Idiom 의 뜻과 μ˜λ―Έμ™€ μ˜ˆλ¬Έμ„ μ•Œμ•„λ‘κ³  μ μ ˆν•˜κ²Œ 써먹어 보자!


Chicken out

λ‘λ €μ›€λ•Œλ¬Έμ— ν˜Ήμ€ κ²μ΄λ‚˜μ„œ 무엇인가 ν•˜λŠ”κ±Έ κ±°μ ˆν• λ•Œ μ“°λ©° 뢀정적인 어감이 μžˆλ‹€. '겁을 λ¨Ήκ³  κ·Έλ§Œλ‘λ‹€' 'κ½λ¬΄λ‹ˆλ₯Ό λΉΌλ‹€' λΌλŠ” λœ»μ΄λ‹€.

I always chicken out of everything.

He chickened out at the time they were taking him to operating theater. 


Chicken-hearted

'겁 λ§Žμ€' 'μ†Œμ‹¬ν•œ' 'μš©κ°ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€' μ΄λΌλŠ” λœ»μ΄λ‹€. 우리말둜 'μƒˆκ°€μŠ΄' μ΄λž€ ν‘œν˜„μ΄λž‘ λΉ„μŠ·ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„κΉŒ μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€.

He’s chicken-hearted, but I still love him.

They are just chicken-hearted boys. They can't defend themselves from any attacks. 


Counts one's chickens (before they hatch.)

Hatch λŠ” 'λΆ€ν™”ν•˜λ‹€' λΌλŠ” λœ»μ΄λ‹€. μ§μ—­ν•˜λ©΄ λΆ€ν™”ν•˜κΈ°λ„ 전에 닭을 μ„Έμ–΄λ³Έλ‹€λŠ” 뜻인데 μš°λ¦¬λ‚˜λΌ μ†λ‹΄μ˜ 'λ–‘ 쀄 μ‚¬λžŒμ€ 생각도 μ•ŠλŠ”λ° κΉ€μΉ«κ΅­ λΆ€ν„° λ§ˆμ‹ λ‹€' λž‘ λΉ„μŠ·ν•œ μ˜λ―Έμ΄λ‹€. μ˜μ˜μ‚¬μ „μ—λŠ” '확싀해지기 전에 미리 λ¬΄μ–Έκ°€μ˜ 성곡을 κ°€λŠ ν•΄λ³΄λ‹€' λŠ” 뜻으둜 λ‚˜μ˜¨λ‹€.

It's too soon to cry victory. Don't count your chicken before they hatch.

You might be able to get a loan from the bank, but don't count your chickens.


Cry wolf

μ‹€μ œλ‘œ λŠ‘λŒ€κ°€ λ‚˜νƒ€λ‚˜μ§€λ„ μ•Šμ•˜λŠ”λ° λŠ‘λŒ€μ•Ό! 라고 μ™ΈμΉœ μ–‘μΉ˜κΈ° μ†Œλ…„μ²˜λŸΌ μœ„ν—˜ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€λ° 계속 도움을 μ²­ν•œλ‹€λ˜κ°€ λ¬Έμ œκ°€ μ—†μŒμ—λ„ 계속 λΆˆλ§Œμ„ μ œκΈ°ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ—κ²Œ cry wolf ν•œλ‹€κ³  ν•œλ‹€. μ—¬κΈ°μ„œ cry λŠ” μ™ΈμΉ˜λ‹€λ‘œ ν•΄μ„ν•΄μ„œ wolf 라고 μ™ΈμΉ˜λ‹€. 라고 보면 λ˜κ² λ‹€.

She had repeatedly rung the police for trivial reasons and perhaps she had cried wolf too often.

Pay no attention. She's just crying wolf again. Don't cry wolf too often. No one will come.


Curiosity killed the cat

μ§€λ‚˜μΉ˜κ²Œ ν˜ΈκΈ°μ‹¬μ΄ λ§Žμ€ μ‚¬λžŒμ΄λ‚˜ λ„ˆλ¬΄ λ§Žμ€ μ§ˆλ¬Έμ„ ν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ—κ²Œ 'μ•Œλ©΄ 닀쳐' '그만 물어봐. μ•Œμ•„μ„œ 쒋을거 μ—†μ–΄' 의 의미둜 κ²½κ³ ν•˜λŠ”λ° μ“°μ΄λŠ” μ˜μ–΄ 속담이닀.

'Where did you get all that money?'
'Curiosity killed the cat.'

'Why are you going away so suddenly?'
'Curiosity killed the cat.'


Dead duck

μ–΄λ–€ λ¬Όκ±΄μ΄λ‚˜ μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ μ‹€νŒ¨ν•˜κ±°λ‚˜ 죽을 운λͺ…μ΄λΌμ„œ '가망없닀' '끝μž₯났닀' 라고 λ§ν• λ•Œ λΉ„μœ μ μœΌλ‘œ μ‚¬μš© ν•œλ‹€. 큰 μ‹€μˆ˜λ₯Ό ν•œ μΉœκ΅¬μ—κ²Œ λ„ˆ 이제 μ—„λ§ˆν•œν…Œ λ“€ν‚€λ©΄ '끝μž₯났어 λ„Œ 이제 μ£½μ—ˆλ‹€' ν•˜λŠ” 의미둜 μ‚¬μš©λ˜κΈ°λ„ ν•œλ‹€.

That new budget bill was a dead duck before it hit the Senate.

That mechanic turned out to be a dead duck. He didn't even know how to change my oil.

When Mom finds out you snuck out of the house to meet your boyfriend, you're going to be a dead duck!




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