안냐세여~
여기서는 한국의 속담과 관용구들이 영어로 어떻게 표현되는지 그 예들을 모아보겠습니다.
부전자전 (그 아버지에 그 아들): Like father, like son
<풋볼아시아>는 특히 '그 아버지의 그 아들(Like Father, Like Son)'이라는 제목으로 '한국의 축구영웅 차범근이 독일에서 거뒀던 전설적 활약이 아들 차두리를 통해 재현될 것이다'고 주장했다. (다음 미디어, 2004-01-08)
He and Hank were upbraided, reviled and screamed at, until, without uttering a word in retaliation, Hank took his jacket out of the hall alcove and strode silently out of the front door, followed by a shriek from his mother that he was as disgusting as his father; like father, like son (BNC).
아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기나랴?: smoking gun
Hans Blix, chief of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, said there was no ``smoking gun'' to prove Iraq had nuclear, chemical or biological weapons but demanded Baghdad provide evidence to back claims that it had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction. (NYT, 1/10/2003)
여기서는 '아니 쏜 총에 연기나랴?'로 해야겠군요. smoking gun이란 총을 쏘았다는 증거, 비유적으로 대량살상무기가 있다는 증거를 의미합니다.
청천하늘에 날벼락 strike out of a clear blue sky
Now as then the crisis has struck out of a clear blue sky, with most pundits predicting a continuing boom even as the slump gathered momentum... (Paul Krugman, The Return of Depression Economics)
IMF 위기를 예견한 MIT의 Krugman 교수가 대부분의 전문가들이 계속적인 호황을 예측하는 가운데 '그 위기가 청천하늘의 날벼락처럼 닥쳤다'고 말하고 있습니다.
본색을 드러내다: show one’s true colors
Oh, you're showing your true colors,' Blimin snorted. `Are you defending exploitation now? Next you're going to tell me what wonderful philanthropists these capitalists are. (BE)
사공이 많으면 배가 산으로 간다 too many cooks spoil the broth
On the premise that `too many cooks spoil the broth', he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden, Mrs. Pat Holmes, and any guidance, questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance (BNC).
too many cooks spoil the broth: if too many people are involved in doing sth, it will not be done well (Oxford)
용례를 뽑은 곳은 코퍼스라는 검색 D-base 입니다. 영어공부에 아주 편리하고 요긴한 도구죠. 사용법은 우리 카페에 소개되어 있습니다.
BNC: British National Corpus
BE: Bank of English
To be continued...
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첫댓글 안녕하세요? "Too many cooks spoil the broth" 가 젤 재밌는거 같아요. 제가 요새 많이 바빠서 자주 못 들르는데 여기서 글을 보니 반갑네여. ^^*