* go off the rails: to behave in an uncontrolled or unacceptable way
ex> Many university students go off the rails in their first year.
* cut out to/for: being suitable for (a task or occupation)
ex> He knew instantly that he wasn’t cut out to be a surgeon.
Note> When people say, “you have your work cut out for you,” it has nothing to with work being suitable for you or not. Instead, it means you have a lot of hard or difficult work ahead of you.
* show off: to deliberately display one’s abilities or possessions
ex> Those boys are showing off to the girls in the audience.
* climb the corporate ladder: to advance within an organization through a series of promotions
ex> Are you still climbing the corporate ladder at ABC Microtech?
ex> Climbing the corporate ladder is still much more difficult for women.
* wake: a funeral ritual celebration; a gathering to acknowledge a loss
ex> I’d rather have a wake than a funeral.
ex> When the company closed its doors, the employees gathered for a wake.
* stand for: to sincerely represent and support (an idea, belief, cause etc.)
ex> The debates allow us to earn what each candidate stands for.
@ I was asked to say something at what amounted to a political wake. ~와 다름 없던
constituted /corresponded /was essentially
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