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Labor of love He didn't get paid for painting the nursing home. It was a labor of love. meaning : work done not for money but for love or a sense of accomplishment. origin : In the New Testament of the Bible there is a phrase about work done for pleasure withot profit, "your work of faith and labor of love." The English expression at something because they loved doing it and not for money. Also,..
Mad as a hatter Oswald is as mad as a hatter, but he's my most interesting friend. meaning : completely crazy, strange, eccentric(별난, 괴벽스런) origin : Lewis Carroll created the character of the Mad Hatter in his classic book Alice in Wonderland. The expression "mad as a hatter" comes from the early 1800s. One possible origin is a snake called an adder. People in England thought that if they were b..
Name is mud everyone knows that it was Tiger who started the fight during the game. Now that we're disqualified, his name is mud. meaning : the person is in trouble, possibly doomed, and worthless origin : In the 1700s "mud" was a slang word for "fool" or " stupid person" in England. starting in the early 1800s, the saying "His name is mud" was used in the British Parliament to point out any mem..
off the beaten track(path) :상도를 벗어난, 특이한 That restaurant's really off the beaten track but worth the trip. meaning : not well-known or used; an unfamiliar location; unusual; different origin : In the 1600s, when this idiom was first used, there were many dirt road. As people walked or rode over them, the paths were beaten down by feet, horse' hooves, and wagon wheels. They looked well used. But ..
par for the course Mr. Hernandez gave me a "C." The way he's been grading lately, that's about par for the course. meaning : just what was expected; normal; typical origin : In the 1920s this expression, which came from golf, was broadened to include other activities in life. In golf, "par" is the number of golf stroke it usually takes for a golf expert to play a course. That's how "par for the ..
rain check The store had run out of the guitars that were on sale, so they gave us a rain check meaning : a ticketstub allowingattendance at a future eventin place ofone that was canceld; a piece of paper from a store for buying a sold-out item at the sale price origin : Rain checks were first issued at baseball games in the 1800s, and that's when this phrase became popular. If the game was rain..