I have to stand firm on this issue. Our son is not going to play with girl’s
dolls.
* stand firm: to commit yourself to a
belief or a decision
ex> If you never stand firm on
your principles, nobody will ever respect you.
You’re so out of touch. Boys can play with Barbies and girls can play with
army men.
* out of touch: old fashioned;
uninformed of the current trends
ex> You can tell by the way she talks
that she is out of touch.
Your mind is being poisoned by that
new-age psychobabble.
* psychobabble: words from psychology
used to explain everyday things
ex> To me, words like “closure” and “projecting”
are just psychobabble used by people who don’t know the answer.
cf> babble (v) = to talk foolishly or
too much; make speech sounds that do not make sense to the hearer; ex> Babies babble before they speak.
Take
a chill pill, Rex. He’s not going to turn into a
girl or even a girlish boy, he’s just going to be better adapted to relating to
the opposite sex.
* take a chill pill: to suggest that
someone should relax
ex> You need to sit down and take
a chill pill before you have a heart attack!
Have you lost your marbles, Rex? We’re teaching our son to be sensitive and
thoughtful, not violent.
* lose one’s marbles: to become crazy
= gone mad; lost your senses; gone
completely insane
ex> I think I’m going to lose my
marbles if I don’t figure out where the accounting figures are wrong!
I just don’t want him turning into a sissy who’s scared of his own shadow and
runs from spiders.
* sissy [|sɪsi]: 계집애 같은 사내
ex> We didn’t play soccer as it was
considered a “sissy boy” sport.
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