June 15, 2026

Get English-Today’s Expression 12

 ▶Fly by the seat of your pants: To go by intuition. Ex) We didn't have time to prepare, so we just flew by the seat of your pants.

Wing it: to perform something with little preparation. ex) I didn't have time to rehearse the presentation, so I just winged it.

Could you rein your kids a little bit? 통제/제어하다

▶make no bones about it: 숨김없이 말하다/솔직히 말하다

▶don't get carried away=hold your horses. 흥분하지 마라/침착해라

cash in on someone/smthg = using you = take advantages on someone 누군가를 이용하다.

I'm behind the times. 시대에 뒤떨어지다. ahead of his times 시대를 앞서가다

▶I really didn't think it through = That is thoughtless of me. 생각이 짧았다/미쳐 생각하지 못했다

▶Can I take a rain check. 나중으로 미루다

▶It/He dosn't add up = doesn't make a sense to me. 앞뒤가 맞지 않다

▶You are quick on the uptake. 이해가 빠르다

▶something caught my eyes. 눈길을 끌다

▶We hit it off. 잘 통하다/우리는 잘 통한다

▶congenial 서로 죽이 맞는/입맛에 맞는, courteous 공손한/정중한, demise 사망/죽음, cremains 화장뒤의 유골/ashes

▶flogging 태형/장형/채찍질

how does he look? vs how does he look like?

how does he look: 건강, 감정같은 상태를 문의. how does he look like: 생김, 외모에 대한 문의.

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