* (as)
fit as a fiddle: in excellent health
ex> After three days of rest and
plenty of water, my dad was as fit as a fiddle.
* head
down a dark road: to be engaged in a process with unhealthy, dangerous, or
sinister consequences
ex> Many people feel that the country
would be heading down a dark road if it reversed its immigration
policies.
* nosedive:
a sudden, sharp drop in value, condition, etc.; the downward plunge of an aircraft
ex> Analysts are still trying to
determine why the price of oil took a nosedive at that time.
* by
the same token: in the same way; for the same reason
ex> The country’s population is
aging, and by the same token there are greater demands on its seniors’
programs.
* earful:
an angry reprimand; a scolding
ex> I got an earful from my
wife for forgetting her birthday one year.
* by
hook or by crook: by any means possible
ex> We will get the interior work
finished on time by hook or by crook.
Note> Some believe this phrase comes
from the custom in medieval English of allowing peasants to take from royal
forests whatever deadwood they could pull down with a shepherd’s crook or cut
with a reaper’s billhook
* let oneself go: 자제심을 잃다, 마음껏 ~하다
There is another, unrelated, and more
positive meaning for this expression. It means “to be uninhibited or less
constrained.”
ex> Sometimes people lets
themselves go because they lose the motivation to eat properly or take care
of themselves.
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