* hidden
gem: desirable but unknown or hard
to find
ex> The restaurant is a hidden gem,
serving excellent French dishes to the few people who know about it.
* stink:
to perform badly; be inferior
ex> This new humidifier stinks,
so I’m going to try to return it tomorrow.
* I
stand corrected: I accept that I have been proven wrong
ex> I stand corrected: Alfred
Nobel was born in Sweden, not Norway.
Note> This phrase is often used by a
person who has been holding a strong opinion when faced with conclusive
contrary evidence.
* twiddle
one’s thumbs: to idly wait for something
ex> If you’re just going to sit there
twiddling your thumbs, give me a hand putting these boxes away.
Note> Literally, this phrase means to
circle one’s thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced.
* shift
one’s focus: to pay attention to something else
ex> When consumers started buying
fewer printers, the company shifted its focus to other products.
* detract:
to reduce the importance, value, or effectiveness of something
ex> That old TV antenna detracts
from the view, so I hope it gets removed soon.
* nether regions: 지옥,
저승, 암흑기
Careful! This expression is sometimes
used humorously to describe one’s “private parts.”
ex> I haven’t looked in the basement’s
nether regions yet.
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