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cut somebody some |slack → slack (비격식)1.~을 덜 몰아붙이다

최만섭 2021. 7. 5. 08:35

cut somebody some |slack → slack (비격식)

  • 1.~을 덜 몰아붙이다
  • 관련어휘
  • Hey, cut him some slack! He’s doing his best! 속도조절
  • 이봐요, 그 앨 그만 좀 몰아붙여요! 걔도 최선을 다하고 있는 거라고요!

 

Cut some slack.

  • This phrase is used to request or suggest leniency. To go easy on someone, or to be forgiving.

Urbandictionary

cut somebody some slac

  • make things easier than usual for somebody, allow somebody more freedom to do things than they would normally have

Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English

cut someone some slac

  • [Verb] To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely

slack-loose즉 Rope를 느슨하게 풀어준다는 의미이다. Cut(Give) somebody some slack

I -내가 Cut(GIve) 준다 somebody-누군가 에게 some slack(loose)(느슨한 상태(것)을 준다.

 

Cut(give) her some slack this time. The traffice was awful this morning

그녀에게 이번에는 느쓴한 잣대를 대주자. 오늘 아침 교통 사정이 끔찍했었지

 

cut somebody some slack-의 사정을 봐주다, 양해해 주다

한번만 봐 주세요 라고 하는 경우

Please have a heart

Can you just let it go this time?

Can you cut me some slack?

이라고 표현하기도 합니다

 

Let's cut him some slack. He seems to be doing his best

그의 사정을 좀 봐주자. 최선을 다하고 있는 것으로 보인다.

 

Cut her some slack because it's her first day

그녀에겐 첫날이니까 사정을 좀 봐줘라