[영단어] 하루에 5개이상 Study Challenge - 02/03/2021

1. bite the bullet (어쩔 수 없이, 이를 악물고 하다)

- to commence with something that is unpleasant, but not inevitable 

- i.e.) They decided to bite the bullet and go ahead with the necessary expense

2. bite the dust (실패하다, 전사하다, 끝나버리다)

- for something to cease to exist

- i.e.) My plans for vacation bit the dust when I found out that I'd only be getting one week off

- i.e.) Verizon's Unlimited Smartphone plans are about to bite the dust

- i.e.) We still have yet to see Chrome or Firefox bite the dust.

3. bite your tongue (이를 악물고 참다)

- to stop talking

- i.e.) I was goling to give my opinion on his outfit, but I decided to bite my tongue at the last minute. I didn't think he'd like what I had to say

 

4. black and blue

- to be bruised

- i.e.) Chris's knees were black and blue after falling off his bike a few days ago

 

5. black-and-white

- to think in an extreme way - everything is either completely right or entirely wrong

- i.e.) Josh always seemed to take a black-and-white view of things. It was difficult to make him see that there could be gray areas

 

 

<Reference>

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