Keep your chin up ! 신체 관련 영어 표현.

 

 
아이와 Mocca의 Happy 노래를 듣다가 "Keep your chin up !" 이라는 부분이 계속 맴돌았다.
아이에게 무슨 뜻인지 알겠냐고 물어보니 고개들라는 말이지? 라 해서, 야구시합 졌을 때 해주는 말이라고 해줬다. 기운내~~
Keep your chin down은 역시 반대 의미로 조용히 있어라는 뜻이다.
 
우리나라에도 신체 관련 표현이 많듯이 영어권에서도 신체 관련 관용어가 많다.
뉘앙스는 와닿지만 헷갈리는 신체 관련 영어이디엄을 정리 해보았다.
 

🙂 턱(Chin)

1. Keep your chin up → 기운 내라
   • Don’t worry, keep your chin up and things will get better.
2. Take it on the chin → 묵묵히 받아들이다
   • He took it on the chin when his boss criticized him.
3. Keep your chin down → 눈에 띄지 않게 조용히 지내다
   • Just keep your chin down until things calm down.
4. Stick your chin out → 위험을 무릅쓰다, 과감히 나서다
   • She stuck her chin out by defending her friend in front of everyone.
5. Up to the chin in ~ → ~에 푹 빠져 있다
   • I’m up to the chin in work this week.

 

🧠 머리(Head)

1. Use your head → 머리를 써라
   • Come on, use your head before making that decision.
2. Keep your head above water → 간신히 버티다
   • After losing his job, he’s just trying to keep his head above water.
3. Off the top of my head → 바로 떠오르는 대로
   • Off the top of my head, I can think of three possible solutions.
4. Lose your head → 당황하다
   • Don’t lose your head during the test, just stay calm.
5. Over someone’s head → 이해하기 어렵다
   • The lecture went over my head, it was too technical.

 

👀 눈(Eye)

1. Catch someone’s eye → 시선을 끌다
   • That red dress really caught my eye.
2. In the blink of an eye → 눈 깜짝할 사이에
   • The thief disappeared in the blink of an eye.
3. See eye to eye → 의견이 일치하다
   • We finally saw eye to eye on the project details.
4. Keep an eye on → 주의 깊게 지켜보다
   • Can you keep an eye on my bag while I’m gone?
5. Turn a blind eye → 못 본 척하다
   • The teacher sometimes turns a blind eye to small mistakes.

 

👂 귀(Ear)

1. Lend an ear → 들어주다
   • She always lends an ear when I need to talk.
2. Play it by ear → 즉흥적으로 하다
   • Let’s play it by ear and decide later.
3. Music to my ears → 듣기 좋은 말
   • Your praise was music to my ears.
4. Fall on deaf ears → 무시당하다
   • His advice fell on deaf ears.
5. Have an ear for → ~에 감각이 있다
   • She really has an ear for languages.

 

🖐 손(Hand)

1. Lend a hand → 도와주다
   • Can you lend me a hand with these bags?
2. In safe hands → 안전하게 맡겨지다
   • Don’t worry, your dog is in safe hands here.
3. Hands down → 단연코
   • This is hands down the best pizza in town.
4. On the one hand / On the other hand → 한편으로는 / 다른 한편으로는
   • On the one hand, I like the idea. On the other hand, it’s risky.
5. Out of hand → 통제 불능의
   • The party got out of hand after midnight.

 

👣 발(Foot)

1. Get cold feet → 겁먹다
   • He got cold feet before asking her out.
2. Put your foot down → 단호히 말하다
   • The boss finally put his foot down and ended the argument.
3. Find your feet → 적응하다
   • It took me a while to find my feet at my new job.
4. Get off on the wrong foot → 시작이 잘못되다
   • We got off on the wrong foot, but now we’re good friends.
5. At someone’s feet → 존경하다, 배우다
   • Many students sat at the professor’s feet to learn from him.