[코치 쉐인의 오늘의 영어 한마디] 20강 툭 까놓고 말해서
- Honest to God
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When suddenly you feel the need to be honest.
참고 참고 참다가 솔직히 말하고 싶을 때
- To be honest
- Honest to God...
둘 다 사용할 수 있는 표현이다.
발음 주의!
Honest to ; 발음 '어네스트 투'가 아니라 '어네스투'
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┌ He so fun. 너무 재미있게 노는 사람.
└ He so funny. 너무 웃긴 사람.
honest to God
주요뜻 ① 진품의 ② 진짜인 ③ ·ness 진짜의
【형용사】(구어) 진품의, 진짜인.
예문
"Honest to God, Sergeant, I didn't take any nap. But--so help me!
"하느님께 맹세코 경사님, 저는 졸지 않았습니다.
But he went out of town--honest to God, he did.
하지만 뉴욕을 떠났기 때문이지요.
honest to God
(구어) 맹세코, 정말로
a real honest-to-god live cowboy
Honest to God, I'm beginning to think I've wandered onto rec.arts.cooking or something.
Scratch LaHaye and you'll find an honest-to-god surviving John Bircher.
Honest to God, it's like debating a goddamn Special Olympian sometimes.
Honest to God, when I see one I almost go into cardiac arrest.
Dream of being thought of as a real honest-to-god skeptic?
Especially since anymore, honest to God commercials aren't that blatant in pushing a product.
영영
honest to God (informal)
something you say in order to emphasize that you are telling the truth
I didn't mean to hurt him, honest to God I didn't!
honest to God (spoken)
this is really true honest to goodness
I didn't tell her about the party, honest to God!
Usage notes: also used as a modifier:
It was an honest to God mix-up.
