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¿À´ÃÀÇ Ç¥Çö: Jane is not the brightest crayon in the box.(JaneÀº ¸Ó¸®°¡ º°·Î ÁÁÁö ¾Ê´Ù.)
not the brightest crayon in the box´Â an unintelligent person(¿µ¸®ÇÏÁö ¾ÊÀº »ç¶÷)À» ¹¦»çÇϴ ǥÇöÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
(ex) John is not the brightest crayon in the box.(JohnÀº ¿µ¸®ÇÑ ÆíÀº ¾Æ´Ï´Ù.)
(ex) I¡¯m not saying that he¡¯s a complete idiot but he¡¯s definitely not the brightest crayon in the box.(³ª´Â ±×°¡ ¸ÛûÀ̶ó°í ¸»ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº ¾Æ´ÏÁö¸¸, ±×´Â ºÐ¸íÈ÷ ¸Ó¸®°¡ ÁÁÀº »ç¶÷Àº ¾Æ´Ï´Ù.)
ºñ½ÁÇÑ Ç¥ÇöÀ¸·Î not the sharpest tool in the shed(±¤¿¡¼ °¡Àå ³¯Ä«·Î¿î µµ±¸°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ), not the sharpest knife in the kitchen(Áֹ濡¼ °¡Àå ³¯Ä«·Î¿î Ä®ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ñ), not the brightest bulb on the porch(Çö°ü¿¡¼ °¡Àå ¹àÀº Àü±¸°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ) µîÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù!
A: Danny failed his third test this week.(Danny´Â À̹ø ÁÖ ¼¼ ¹ø° ½ÃÇè¿¡¼ ³«Á¦Çß´Ù.)
B: Well, he¡¯s not the sharpest tool in the shed, you know.(±×´Â ±×¸® ¿µ¸®ÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¾Æ´ÏÁö.)
(ex) Her uncle is not the brightest bulb on the porch.(±×³àÀÇ »ïÃÌÀº ¸Ó¸®°¡ ±×¸® ÁÁÁö ¾Ê¾Æ¿ä.)
A: Oh my! Another D in math? This was about addition and subtraction!(¶Ç D´Ï? µ¡¼À »¬¼À ¹®Á¦¿´´Âµ¥.)
B: Your son is not the sharpest knife in the kitchen.(¾ö¸¶, ¾ö¸¶ÀÇ ¾ÆµéÀº ¸Ó¸®°¡ ±×¸® ÁÁÁö ¾Ê¾Æ¿ä.)
¿À´ÃÀÇ ´Ü¾î: wiz(¿µ¸®ÇÑ »ç¶÷, õÀç)
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(ex) A math wiz has the talent to solve the questions in this quiz/test.(¼öÇРõÀç´Â ÀÌ ÄûÁ Ç® ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Àç´ÉÀ» °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´Ù.)
(ex) She¡¯s a spelling wiz.(=She¡¯s very good at spelling.)(±×³à´Â ½ºÆ縵 õÀç¾ß.)
wiz´Â ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ¹æ½ÄÀ¸·Î ¾²À̱⵵ ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
(ex) She¡¯s a wiz at math.(±×³à´Â ¼öÇÐÀ» Âü ÀßÇÑ´Ù.)
(ex) Amy is a wiz at fixing computer problems.(Amy´Â ÄÄÇ»ÅÍ ¹®Á¦µéÀ» °íÄ¡´Â µ¥ Àü¹®°¡´Ù.)
(ex) Jay is a wizard at chemistry.(Jay´Â ÈÇÐ Àü¹®°¡´Ù.)
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