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2014년 1월 17일 금요일

PE 1/17 You Got Our Son a Doll?

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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