Well,
I have to work on a design for a pedestrian overpass to go over the high way by
that new mall in Mapleton. Remember when we drove by there on our way back from
Granny’s? But I’m afraid you might
be bored to tears.
* I’m afraid: to be concerned about the
possibility of an undesirable outcome
ex>
I’m afraid that the package you sent won’t arrive until Thursday.
* bored to tears: extremely bored or
uninterested
ex>
By the end of the congressman’s’ speech, everyone was bored to tears.
Note>
Curiously, the expression “bored to death”
means exactly the same thing, with no difference in the severity of the
boredom.
As
Einstein once said, “If a cluttered
desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, what are we to think of an empty desk?”
*
cluttered: 어수선한
We’ll
be able to see where all the additional stresses are. There – our overpass is
now chock full of people. Get a load of that!
* chock full: filled to overflowing
ex>
Look at his top drawer! It’s chock full of purple socks!
ex>
Tom refuses to enter any subway car that’s chock full of people.
* get a load of: pay attention to (esp. something
extraordinary)
ex>
Kevin, get a load of this! We can see the fireworks from the balcony!
Ruthie,
you are thinking like an engineer! I never
in my wildest dreams imagined you’d be interested in this sort of thing.
* never in one’s wildest dreams:
unforeseen or unexpected; believed to be impossible
ex>
Never in her wildest dreams did Tania think she’d swim in the Olympics.
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