[영어속담] English Idiomatic Expressions.(1)

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Idiom	Definition	Usage
about time	more than long enough	It's about time that you returned that book to me.
absent minded	forgetful	She is really absent minded.
according to Hoyle	Strictly by the rules	According to Hoyle, you are not allowed to enter this room.
across the board	which included everyone	The employees received a salary increase across the board.
add up	be reasonable	His excuse didn't seem to add up.
ahead of time	early	We started the meeting ahead of time.
air one's dirty laundry	reveal his embarrassing secrets	She began to air his dirty laundry at the party.
all along	the entire time	I knew you were seeing someone else all along.
all at once	Suddenly	All at once, the fans rushed onto the field.
all day long	the entire day	She has been waiting for the mail to arrive all day long.
all ears	listening to everything	You can tell me your story now because I am all ears.
all in all	After considering everything	All in all, the meeting was a success.
all of a sudden	Suddenly	All of a sudden, the tornado hit the small town.
all right	okay	She said that it would be all right for me to come to the party.
all the time	continually	She asks for money all the time.
all thumbs	clumsy	He is all thumbs when it comes to fixing things around the house.
an arm and a leg	a lot of money	His new car must have cost him an arm and a leg.
apple of one's eye	favorite	His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.
as a rule	Usually	As a rule I usually get up at 8:00 AM every morning.
as far as	To the extent	As far as I know he will be here in a few minutes.
asking for trouble	probably going to have a problem	He is asking for trouble if he misses another class.
asleep at the switch	not alert to the opportunity	He missed the chance to apply for the job because he was asleep at the switch.
as long as	Provided that	As long as you promise to be careful you can borrow my car.
as the crow flies	Taking the most direct route	As the crow flies it is about 8 kilometers to my house.
as usual	most of the time	She forgot to bring her book to class as usual.
as well as	in addition to	You should bring paper as well as a pen.
as yet	Until now	As yet, she has not told me about her plans.
at a loss	for less than the company paid for them	The cars were sold at a loss.
at an end	over	The long career of the company's president appears to be at an end.
at cross purposes	have opposite ways to do something	They are at cross purposes and are always arguing about what to do.
at fault	to blame	The truck driver was at fault in the accident.
at first	At the beginning	At first she did not want to go but later she changed her mind.
at first blush	When first seen	At first blush he seemed like a good worker but he is actually lazy.
at heart	basically	She is a very nice person at heart although many people dislike her.
at home	in the house	Her shoes are at home.
at last	finally	I was waiting all morning for her call and at last it came.
at loggerheads	opposing each other	We have been at loggerheads over the new business plan.
at odds	in disagreement	He has been at odds with his boss for many weeks now.
at one's beck and call	ready to serve him	His eldest daughter is always at his beck and call.
at the end of one's rope	at the limit of his ability to cope	He is at the end of his rope with this situation.
at wit's end	frustrated and upset	He seems to be at wit's end after spending over two hours trying to solve the math problem.
attend to	take care of	The clerk decided to attend to another customer first.

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americanhomestay [쪽지 보내기] 2011-07-26 12:17 No. 237304

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these expresssions are so useful! thanks for posting this up I am going to use it for my class tomorrow with my students. I totally love teaching expressions that they can use on a daily basis.^^ Once again thanks for posting this up.

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