[영단어] 하루에 5개이상 Study Challenge - 01/28/2021

1. hold you back

- to spend a lot of time thinking or talking about something unpleasant

- i.e.) What may hold you back from giving is believing no one would value what you give

- i.e.) He shows his physical challenges do not hold him back.

2. dwell on it (필요이상으로 어떤것에 집착하다)

- to think or talk for too long about something

- i.e.) let's not dwell on the past

 

3. beat the bushes

- to search thoroughly

- i.e.) she said she simply can't find her tablet. she claimed that she beat the bushes looking for it and there is just no sign of it

4. beating a dead horse (뒷북, 헛수고, 시간낭비)

- continuing to talk about a subject that is now useless to discuss

- i.e.) Matthew kept talking about the subject and nobody knew why.Beating a dead horse like that was pointless

 

5. beating around the bush

- trying to avoid a topic

- i.e.) No more beating around the bush! Tell me exactly what I need to know

 

 

<Reference>

- The book "THE GREAT BOOK OF AMERICAN IDIOMS" BY Lingo Mastery