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fly under (the/someone’s) radar

To go without being noticed, detected, or addressed. (예문) The negative impact of social media flew under our radar. Hits: 39

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stumble into something

to start doing something by chance and without an intenetion (예문) Fry says he stumbled into guitarmaking. Hits: 37

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blindside someone

to hit unexpectedly from or as if from the blind side | ~의 뒷통수를 치다 (예문) Source: Merriam Webster Dictionary 1. The quarterback was blindsided just as he was about to throw a pass. 2. We were all blindsided by the news of her sudden death. Hits: 37

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talk behind someone’s back

Used to say that someone intentionally says or does something when another person is not there and cannot know about it. | 뒷담화를 하다 Hits: 28

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spiel

[NOUN] [INFORMAL] Someone’s spiel is a well-prepared speech that they make, and that they have usually made many times before, often in order to persuade you to buy something. (=patter) | [비격식] 보통 못마땅함 (세일즈맨 등의) 능숙하게 떠벌리는 말[장광설] Hits: 31

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Rescheduling the Department Meeting (2020.10.2)

1. put something off (=procrastinate) to delay something | ~을 미루다, 지연하다, 연기하다 (예문) The coronavirus has put off our plans to trip all over the world. 2. a free-for-all a chaotic situation | (모두가 자기 이익만을 위해서 싸우는) 무질서[혼란] 상태; 무한 경쟁 (예문) Computers look like a free-for-all, but there are very sophisticated algorithms […]

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My Dream Journal (2020.10.3)

1. close at hand nearby | something that’s going to happen very soon | 손 닿는 곳에; 가까운 곳에 (예문) People suffering from diabetes have to keep something sweet like candies close at hand. 2. jot something down to write something quickly | ~을 급히 쓰다 (예문) People always keep their smartphones close at hand […]

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muster up the courage

용기를 내다 (예문) Eventually, I mustered up the courage to go over and ask him for his phone number. Hits: 57

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ageless

Someone or something that is ageless never looks older | never seeming to get or look older(예문) I think that Kim Hee-seon is ageless because she is still more beautiful than women in 20s and 30s. Hits: 28

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geriatric

[UK informal disapproving] old and weak | [비격식, 모욕적] (특히 심신이 쇠약한) 늙은이(예문) Who’s going to elect a geriatric President? Hits: 27