Global Breaking News - Sunday, December 22, 2024

I always praise people who can save their money and not spend too much. I really take my hat off to them. Yet, when it comes to my own money, I spend it at the drop of a hat – immediately, without waiting. And sadly, you cannot pull money out of a hat. You cannot get money by inventing or imagining it.
* take one's hat off to ~ = ~에게 굴복하다, 경의를 표하다/ at the drop of a hat = 즉각(주저하지 않고)/
pull sth out of a hat = ~을 날조하다, 마치 마술처럼 ~을 만들어내다  

Boots are a heavy or strong kind of shoes. People who are too big for their boots think they are more important than they really are. I dislike such people. I really do. You can bet your boots on that. Yet, truly important people are hard to replace. Rarely can you fill their shoes or replace them with someone equally effective.
* too big for one's boots = 거만하다/ bet one's boots = (~을) 확신하다, 절대 ~이다/
fill one's shoes = 자리를 채우다, 임시로 담당하다

My father is an important person. He runs a big company. He wears a suit and tie, and a shirt with sleeves that cover his arms. Some people who do not know him well think he is too firm and severe. They think he is a real stuffed shirt. But I know that my father wears his heart on his sleeve. He shows his feelings openly. And, he knows how to keep his shirt on. He stays calm and never gets angry or too excited.
* stuffed shirt = 딱딱한(격식을 차리는) 사람/ wear one's heart on one's sleeve = 솔직하게 행동하다/
keep one's shirt on = 냉정하다, 당황하지 않다

Also, my father has never lost his shirt in a business deal. He is too smart to lose all or most of his money. This is because my father rolls up his sleeves and prepares to work hard. He often has a special plan or answer to a problem that he can use if he needs it. He is like a person who does magic tricks. We say he has a card up his sleeve.
* lose one's shirt = (노름 따위로) 무일푼이 되다/ roll up one's sleeves = 싸움(일)을 시작할 준비를 하다/
have a card up one's sleeve = 유사시의 계획(최후 수단, 비법)이 있다