clues
a. bad lot
b. be in someone's bad books
c. go from bad to worse
d. a pad patch
e. give something up as a bad job
f. make the best of the bad job
1. I started a crossword puzzle last night, but it was too difficult for me, so I soon -------------.
2. Liz asked me to wash the dished but I forgot, so I'm afraid I -----.
3. Don't trust Barry Parker. He's always in trouble with the police. In my opinion he's ------.
4. There isn't much chance of getting a job in this part of the country. The unemployment figures have risen again here. The situation ----------------.
5. The British economy has certianly been going through --------- but there are definite sogns of improvement now.
6. John couldn't persuade the bank to lend him as much as he wanted, so he's going to --------------- and sell his car to pay for the repairs to the roof.
Answers
1. e- gave it as a bad job
- give up sth as a bad job으로 더 쓰이는 것 같아요, 단념하다 , 포기하다의 뜻입니다.
2. b- am in her bad books
A is in one's bad book 함, A는 one의 맘엔 안들다, 즉, one 이 A 때문에 annoyed 한 경우 이빈다. 반대말은 be in one's good books 입니다.
3. a- bad lot
= bad egg, baddie 악당, 못된 인간
4. c- is going bad to worse
상황이 악화되다이죠?
5. d- a bad patch
(have) go through a bad(rough) patch : 많은 어려움을 겪다 (have a lot of problems for a time)
6. f- make the best of a bad job
= make the best of sth : 만족스런 상황은 아니지만 할 수 있는 한 헤쳐나가려고 하다. 힘들지만 그럭저럭 최대한 해나가다. (be in an unsatisfactory situation but try to manage it as much as one can )
Oxford 대학 출판부에서 발행한 Exercise on Idioms라는 책에서 발췌한 것입니다, 물론 해설은 제가 작업한 것이고요 ^ ^ .. 이 책은 약 100여개의 쉬운 단어를 이용한 이디엄을 제공합니다. 틈나는 대로 올리겠구요, typo나더라도 양해 바랍니다.
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