English with Yoo! 는 일상생활에서 자주 쓰이는 다양한 표현들을 익히는 시간입니다.
I’ll give you a daily introduction to some meaningful and useful everyday English words and phrases! So let’s get started today!
Hi everyone, this is Jennifer Yoo and with ENGLISH WITH YOO! 안녕하세요 English with Yoo!의 Jennifer Yoo입니다.
Your browser doesn’t support HTML5
[오디오 듣기] Hands down
오늘의 영어 표현은 Hands down입니다.
Today we’re going to find out what ‘hands down’ means. 그럼 오늘의 대화를 들어보면서 ‘hands down’이 무슨 뜻인지 알아 보겠습니다. 잘 들어보세요.
Hands down
Jason: Hey do you want to play tennis this weekend? Mike: With you? Jason: Yes, with me! Mike: You’re too good! Last time we played, you beat me hands down. Jason: I promise. I’ll go easy on you this time. Mike: Okay fine. Well, I have to say though that you are hands down the best tennis player out of all our friends. Jason: Thanks!
Jason이 친구 Mike에게 “Hey do you want to play tennis this weekend? 야, 이번 주에 테니스 같이 칠래?”라고 하네요. 이에 Mike가 “With you? 너랑?”하고 물어보자 Jason은 “Yes, with me! 그래, 나랑 말이야!”라고 대답을 합니다. Mike이 Jason의 테니스 실력에 겁을 먹었는지, “You’re too good! 넌 워낙 뛰어나서 말이야! The last time we played, you beat me hands down 저번에 날 아주 쉽게 이겼잖아”라고 하네요. 그러자 Jason은 “I promise. I’ll go easy on you this time 걱정 마. 이번엔 좀 더 쉽게 할게.”라고 말하네요. Mike은 “Okay fine. 좋아. Well, I have to say though that you are hands down the best tennis player out of all our friends. 나는 그냥 내 친구 중에 네가 최고의 테니스 선수라고 말하려는 거야”라고 하자 Jason이 쑥쓰러운 듯 “하하, thanks! 고마워!”라고 합니다. Keep today’s phrase ‘hands down’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?
Hands down
Jason: Hey do you want to play tennis this weekend? Mike: With you? Jason: Yes, with me! Mike: You’re too good! Last time we played, you beat me hands down. Jason: I promise. I’ll go easy on you this time. Mike: Okay fine. Well, I have to say though that you are hands down the best tennis player out of all our friends. Jason: Thanks!
오늘의 표현은 hands down입니다.
The phrase ‘hands down’ means ‘unquestionably, very easily’. ‘Hands down’은 ‘아주 쉽게’라는 뜻입니다. So basically if someone wins somebody very easily, we can say that he or she won ‘hands down’. 누군가가 상대를 아주 쉽게 이길 때 이 표현을 쓸 수 있습니다. ‘Hands down’ is derived from horse racing. ‘Hands down’은 원래 경마에서 온 말인데요. ‘Hands’는 ‘손’, down’은 ‘아래로’라는 뜻이니까 손을 아래로 내리다라는 의미가 되죠. If a jockey found himself far ahead of the competition, the rider might choose to relax his hold and lower his hands, being confident that victory was only a few gallops away. 경마에서 승리를 눈앞에 둔 기수는 더는 말을 다그칠 필요가 없겠죠. 그래서 고삐 잡은 손에 힘을 빼며 느긋하게 아래로 내려 놓습니다. 어차피 다 이긴 경기니까요. 이런 상황에서 이 표현이 생긴 것이죠. 오늘의 표현, ‘hands down’ 꼭 기억하시고요. Now we’ll listen to this conversation for the last time.
Hands down
Jason: Hey do you want to play tennis this weekend? Mike: With you? Jason: Yes, with me! Mike: You’re too good! Last time we played, you beat me hands down. Jason: I promise. I’ll go easy on you this time. Mike: Okay fine. Well, I have to say though that you are hands down the best tennis player out of all our friends. Jason: Thanks!
오늘 배우신 영어표현, ‘hands down’ 는 ‘unquestionably, very easily’라는 뜻이죠? 다음 시간에 다시 뵙겠습니다. 지금까지 ENGLISH WITH YOO에 Jennifer Yoo입니다. Bye bye!
