(윤강로 영어)영어를 우리말 처럼~(스포츠외교소통: 제92편)

<우리말 사자숙어를 영어로~>


 

1) A sumptuous feast [banquet, repast]

  -주지육림

2) -Incoherence

   -Inconsistency

  -지리멸렬

3) [Many] thousands of troops and horses

  -천군만마

4) -The mercy [grace] of Heaven [God]

   -Heavenly assistance

  -천우신조

5) -All kinds of forms and figures

    -Multifariousness

  -천태만생

6) -Monotony

   -Humdrumness

   -Grooviness

   -Lack of variety

  -천편일률

7) -Deep-rooted enmity

   -An inveterate grudge

  -철천지한

8) A pupil excels his master.

  -청출어람

9) -Herb roots and tree bark

   -Coarse and miserable food

  -초근목피

10) -Leading a life of befuddled and dreamy indolence

     -Idling one's life away

  -취생몽사

11) -An object lesson

    -An example one may profit by

    -Food for thought

*You should learn something from it.:~으로 삼아라

  -타산지석

12) -A corrupt official

    -A graft-happy official

  -탐관오리

13) Bravado and bluster

  -허장성세

14) -Frankness

     -Open-mindedness

  -허심탄회

15) A heated controversy

  -허허실실

16) -Completing the eyes of a painted dragon

     -A finishing touch

  -화룡전정

17) A lovely face and graceful carriage

  -화용월태

18) The bridal room for the wedding night

 -화촉동방

19) -A desirable but unattainable object

    -"Pie in the sky".

  --화중지병(그림의 떡) 

20) -Returning home loaded with honors

     -Returning home in glory

  -금의환향

21) -Absurdity

    -Nonsense

  -황당무계

22) -Those who meet must part.

    -We never meet but we part.

  -회자정리

23) -Shameless

     -Brazen imprudence

 -후안무치