Look
at this! There’s a whole second page of trivia
about Iceland! What a great way to get a
handle on a country! This is the best in-flight magazine I’ve ever seen!
* get a handle on something: to begin to
understand or become familiar with something
ex>
Once I got a handle on calculus, the rest of my studies were relatively
easy.
* trivia:
사소한 정보, 일반 상식
It’s
in Greenland. The Vikings came up with that little trick to keep all the riff-raff out of Iceland.
*
riff-raff: 별 볼일 없는 사람들
Who
knew? Anyway, not to put pressure on
you, but it looks like we’ll be landing soon, so maybe you should put that away
for now.
* put pressure on someone: to assertively
try to motivate someone to do something
ex>
I think that salesman is trying to put pressure on me to buy this huge
car.
Um,
Krista? I think the flight attendant is putting
her foot down now. She wants you to close your tray.
* put one’s foot down: to insist
ex>
If our tenant won’t turn down his music, we’ll have to put our foot down.
ex>
Elly put her foot down, so we all went to the movie she wanted to see.
Note>
This expression also means to drive faster, to press down harder on the
accelerator (gas) pedal of your car.
ex>
We’re going to be late unless you put your foot down.
I haven’t the foggiest idea, but I really think you should
stop reading about Iceland, because we’re a few seconds away from landing on
it. That flight attendant is almost fit
to be tied.
* not have the foggiest idea: to not know
ex>
My dad stopped to ask for directions because we didn’t have the foggiest
idea where we were.
* fit to be tied: angry and agitated
(almost to the point of requiring physical restraint)
ex>
By the time the boys finally got home, their mother was fit to be tied.
ex>
I was fit to be tied when I discovered that the friend I trusted had
betrayed me.
1. We need to get a handle on what caused the fire and what can be done to prevent another one.
답글삭제2. We put the pressure on him to get him to come, but he refused.