The Intermediate Idioms 1-4

The Intermediate Idioms 1-4

 

지적 탐구를 위한 idiom을 모았습니다.

학습량에 부담 없도록 하루 분량을 정리하였습니다.

매일 꾸준히 익히시고 많은 도움이 되시기 바랍니다.

The idioms for intellectual inquiry are gathered here.

They are organized as much as the amount of daily learning so that there is no burden.

Please get a lot of help, learn steadily every day.

 

 

 

• at any price [값이 얼마든, 어떠한 희생을 치르더라도=at any cost]
• whatever the cost and difficulties may be
• - She was determined to have a child at any price.

 

• at dead of night [한 밤중에]
• - I heard a strange sound at dead of night. [나는 한 밤중에 이상한 소리를 들었다.]

 

• at ease [편하게, 마음 편히]
• - He didn’t feel at ease with so many strangers. [낯선 사람이 많이 있었으므로 편안하지 않았다]
• feeling relaxed, especially in a situation in which people might feel a little nervous
• at ease with
• - She felt completely at ease with Bernard.
• put/set somebody at (their) ease (=make someone feel relaxed)
• - She had an ability to put people at their ease.

 

• at heart [마음속은, 내심은]
• - He is a kind man at heart. [그는 내심은 순한 사람이다.]
• if you are a particular kind of person at heart, that is the kind of person that you really are even though you may appear or behave differently
• - Let’s face it, we’re all romantics at heart.

 

• at home [집에 있어], [마음 편히], [정통하여]
• - He is at home today. [그는 오늘 집에 있다]
• - Make yourself at home. [편안히 하세요]
• - He is at home in English. [그는 영어에 정통하고 있다.]
• if a sports team plays at home, they play at their own sports field ↔ away
• at home to
• - Birmingham Bullets are at home to Kingston.

 

• at once A and B [A이기도 하고 B이기도 한]
• - This book is at once interesting and instructive. [이 책은 재미있기도 하고 교훈적이기도 하다.]

 

• at one’s convenience [형편 좋은 때에]

 

• at one’s finger tips [ends] [정통해 있다, 환하다]
• - He has the subject at his finger tips. [그는 그 문제에 환하다.]

 

• at one’s wits’ [wit’s] end [어찌할 바를 몰라=at a loss]

 

• at random [닥치는 대로, 엉터리로]
• without any definite plan, aim, or pattern
• choose/select/pick something at random
• - The gang picked their victims at random.

 

• at (the) bottom [마음속은, 실제로]
• - He is a kind man at bottom. [그는 실제는 순하다.]
• formal the way a person or situation really is, although they may seem different
• - She’s a good kind person at bottom.

 

• at the bottom of ~ [~의 밑(속)에]
• - He is at the bottom of the class. [그는 학급에서 꼴찌이다.]

 

• at the cost of ~ [~을 희생으로 하여]
• - He got it at the cost of his life. [그는 생명을 희생으로 하여 그것을 얻었다.]

 

• at the expense of ~ [~을 희생하여=at the cost of ~]
• - at the expense of one’s health [건강을 희생하여]
• if something is done at the expense of someone or something else, it is only achieved by doing something that could harm the other person or thing
• - the growth in short breaks, at the expense of longer package holidays

 

• at (the) latest [늦어도]
• - Be here on Monday at the latest. [늦어도 월요일에 여기에 와주세요]
• no later than the time mentioned
• - I should be back by 11 o'clock at the latest.

 

• at (the) most [기껏 해서, 많아야(도)]
• - He will give me ten dollars at most. [많아야 10달러가량 밖에 안 줄 것이다]