(윤강로 영어)영어를 우리말 처럼~(스포츠외교소통: 제85편)

<우리말 속담을 영어로~ X>


 

1) Idle folks have the least leisure.

  -게으른 놈 책장 센다.

2) Men are not to be measured by inches.

  -작은 고추가 더 맵다.

3) Might is right.

  -이기면 충신, 지면 역적.

4) The cobbler should stick to his last.

(*cobbler:구두수선장이/ 인간송충이 :a human caterpillar)

  -송충이가 갈잎 먹으면 떨어진다./ 송충이는 솔잎을 먹어야 한다.

5) The cobbler's wife goes the worst shod.

(*shoe-shod-shod)

  -짚신장이 헌신 신는다.

6) Money talks.

  -돈이면 귀신도 부린다.

7) Foul within, fair without.

  -빛 좋은 개살구.

8) It is like viewing things in a favorite light.

  -아전인수 격이다.

9) An innocent bystander gets hurt [suffers a side blow] in a fight.

  -고래싸움에 새우 등 터진다.

10) -One must be well fed before one can be well bred.

     -To get to the best part.

   -의식이 족해야 예절을 안다.

11) -The story gets interesting.

    -The plot thickens.

  -점입가경

12) -Remembering forever.

     -Cherishing the memory of...

   -각골난망

13) Simplicity and clarity.

   -간단명료

14) To be very grateful.

   -감지덕지

15) -Mediation.

     -Intermediation.

    -Arbitration.

   -거중조정

16) The impression of being poles apart in generations.

   -격세지감

17) It seems as if it belonged to another [a far-off] age.

  -격세지감이 있다

18) -A far-fetched interpretation.

     -A distortion.

   -견강부회

19) To force the meaning [opinion].

  -견강부회하다

20) One's humble service [to the king].

  -견마지로

21) -Seeing is wanting.

    -The object gives rise to the desire.

   -견물생심

22) -To have recourse to the last resort.

     -To take a desperate measure [under the circumstances].

  -고육지계

23) -It takes two to wrestle.

     -One needs assistance to accomplish anything.

  -고장난명

24) -Sweet after bitter.

     -Pleasure follows pain.

    -Pain is gone, and pleasure is come.

   -고진감래

25) Fairness and justice.

   -공명정대