잉글리쉬쇼핑

전체 | 어휘 | 표현 | 숙어 | 슬랭 | 콩글리쉬
미드/생활표현 | 사람/표현/명사

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  Everybody and their uncle  a lot of people or too many people(많은 사람들): With everybody and their uncle creating videos and posting them onto the wildly popular social media site YouTube, it stands to reason that the majority of the videos simply get lost in the clutter.
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  Everything but the kitchen sink  every possibility(모든 가능한 것): John sends for everything but the kitchen sink when he goes out to dinner, especially if someone else is paying for it.
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  Everything humanly possible  everything in the range of human powers(인력으로 할 수 있는 모든 것을 하다, 기를 다 쓰다): I did everything humanly possible, but it was all for naught.
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  Exception that proves the rule  this expression is used to indicate that an exception in some way confirms a rule(일반적인 사실을 입증하는 예외): Most electronics companies have not done well this year, but ours is the exception that proves the rule.
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  Explain away  to explain something so that it seems less important(무엇이 자기 잘못이 아님을[중요하지 않음을]) 잘 해명하다): The sales clerk tried to explain away the problem with the sales receipt.