B

(as) blind as a bat / baby’s bottom / backbreaking / back burner / back to basics / bad blood / bare-bones / bear a burden / beast of burden / beat around the bush / bend over backwards / Bible Belt / big break / big business / bite the bullet / black and blue / bloodbath / blue blood / bosom buddy / bottom of the barrel / brains and brawn / bread and butter / breadbasket / bring home the bacon / building block / bunk bed / burn one’s bridges / busy beaver / busybody / by the book / more bang for one’s buck / the bark is worse than the bite / the best and brightest / the birds and the bees

C

calling card / cancel culture / cash cow / catcall / cause for concern / chain of command / chitchat / clear-cut / close call / closed captioning / cold call / collision course / color-code / come clean / come full circle / common cause / common complaint / common courtesy / concerned citizen / conspicuous consumption / constructive criticism / cookie cutter / copycat / count the cost / crack the code / crash course / cream of the crop / creature comforts / crisscross / cryptocurrency / cult classic / cut corners / cut from the same cloth / cut the crap / cut to the chase

더 알아야 할 필수 두운 표현: cash is king, curiosity killed the cat

D

deal with the devil / deep dive / deliberate design / dig deep / digital detox / dime a dozen / dine and dash / distinction without a difference / do or die / done deal / dos and don’ts / double-dip / double down / down and dirty / due date / the devil is in the details /

E

the end of an era

F

add fuel to the fire / bigger fish to fry / face facts / facts and figures / fall out of favor / fame and fortune / familiar face / family feud / family function / fan favorite / far-fetched / far future / fashion-forward / fast fashion / fast friends / fat-free / father figure / feel free / few and far between / fight fire with fire / fight or flight / finger food / first and foremost / flip-flop / force-feed / forgive and forget / form follows function / form or fashion / Founding Father / free fall / frequent flyer miles

G

(as) good as gold / gain ground / gentle giant / get-go / get going / gift of gab / go against the grain / go-getter / God-given / good to go / grand gesture / the gift that keeps on giving / the grass is always greener (on the other side) / the greater good

H

come hell or high water / halfhearted / ham-handed / happy hour / hard-headed / hard-hearted / head held high / head honcho / head of the household / head over heels / hearth and home / heavy-handed / heavy hitter / hellhole / high hopes / high horse / hit home / hot and heavy / too hot to handle

I

add insult to injury

L

labor of love / lackluster / Lady Luck / landlady / landlord / landlocked / larger than life / lay it on the line / let loose / lie low / lifelike / lifeline / lifelong / live and learn / live one’s life / living legend / long-lost / love language / on one’s last legs / the law of the land / the lay of the land

M

make mountains out of molehills / mastermind / meet one’s maker / method to one’s madness / middleman / mind over matter / mob mentality / moneymaker / muscle memory / the meat of the matter / the more, the merrier

N

next to nothing / no-nonsense / now or never

더 알아야 할 필수 두운 표현: knick-knack, know no bounds

O

out of the ordinary

P

in for a penny, in for a pound / pack a punch / peak performance / peer pressure / people pleaser / period piece / personal property / pet peeve / piece of the puzzle / pinch pennies / pinky promise / porch pirate / practice what you preach / pretty penny / pull (one’s) punches / pull the plug / the proof is in the pudding / two peas in a pod

R

rags to riches / rat race / read the room / reap the rewards / rhyme or reason / right to repair / rinse, repeat / road rage / road to recovery / role reversal / run a risk / Russian roulette

S

better safe than sorry / born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth / sad to say / safe and sound / safe space / scratch the surface / secondhand smoke / Secret Santa / seismic shift / sell someone short / set in stone / settle a score / shitshow / shopping spree / short and sweet / sight for sore eyes / sights and sounds / sink or swim / slippery slope / slow and steady wins the race / slowly but surely / slut-shame / small screen / smokescreen / soft-spoken / soft spot / soul-sucking / spick-and-span / spoke too soon / star-struck / status symbol / steady stream / stepping stone / sticks and stones / street smarts / suffice (it) to say / superspreader / sweatshop

더 알아야 할 필수 두운 표현: civil servant

T

been there, done that / it takes two to tango / one man’s trash is another man’s treasure / put two and two together / stand the test of time / take one for the team / taste test / tattletale / telltale / terrible twos / test-tube / then and there / thick as thieves / thirst trap / through thick and thin / throw in the towel / tip of the tongue / tiptoe / tongue-tied / tongue twister / tourist trap / track of time / train of thought / trash talk / treasure trail / treasure trove / tried-and-true / truth be told / twists and turns

V

vice versa

W

in the whole wide world / well-worn / wet wipes / when and where / where there is a will, there is a way / whitewash / wise words / word to the wise / work wonders / the Wild West