Idioms 공유 (3-3) by 류하원 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks idioms, meanings, and origin en-us 2021-03-01 07:46:01 UTC 2025-12-22 16:39:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 30330 류하원 hwnryu https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577582136 1. Idiom: "It's not rocket science"

2. Meaning: It means "It's not complicated".

3. Origin: This idiom originated from how hard studying rocket science is and how, compared to that, whatever you are talking about is much easier.]]> 2023-05-04 02:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577582136 30319 이도원 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577588806 "Call it a day"

It means "finish the day's work"
Origin : This idiom originated from the phrase, call it half a day, first recorded in 1838, which referred to leaving one's place of employment before the work day was over. The first recorded use of call it a day was in 1919, and of call it a night in 1938. Also see call it quits.]]> 2023-05-04 02:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577588806 30317 이나현 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577588839 Sell like hot cakes

it means 
"Quick sellout"


Origin: The phrase originated in the 17th century (with the word pancake first appearing in the 1400s) and referred to a cornmeal based pancake which were HOT items (hence the “hot” in the name), especially when made and handed out after church on Sundays. The belief is that they were considered “hot” because they would sell out faster than they were made.
]]> 2023-05-04 02:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577588839 30306 김우림 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577589116 "My salad days"

It means "the period of life when someone is young and does not have much experience"]]> 2023-05-04 02:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577589116 30321장진영 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577589474 "Kill two birds with one stone"

It means "Solve two problems at once".

This idiom orginated from the earliest printed record of the idiom found in 1656. It is to be believed that the phrase was originated from the story of Daedalus and Icarus from Greek Mythology. Daedalus killed two birds with one stone in order to get the feathers of the birds and make the wings.]]> 2023-05-04 02:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577589474 30318 이다빈 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577590514 " back to the drawing board "

It means " to start over after a failure "

Origin: This idiom originated from The saying attributed to an American artist named Peter Arno, who published his cartoons in the New Yorker.]]> 2023-05-04 02:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577590514 30315 신유정 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577590744 "That's the last straw"

It means "My patience has run out."

origin:This idiom originated from the old English proverb, “it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.”]]> 2023-05-04 02:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577590744 30311박가윤 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592522 "It's not rocket science"
It means "It's not complicated".]]> 2023-05-04 02:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592522 30316안소정 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592705 Every cloud has a sliver lining

It' means "In any situation there isalways a positive side"]]> 2023-05-04 02:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592705 30301 강돈호 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592855 Pit a pat



it means to make a quick series of light sounds — used of someone's heart to say that it is beating rapidly with This idiom originated from excitementearly 16th century: imitative of alternating sounds.]]> 2023-05-04 02:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577592855 30309 김주은 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593319 A taste of one's medicine

It means " to get the same unpleasant ,unkind , or harmful treatment that one has given to others"

Origin: This idiom originated form one of Aesop's fables
This specific fable relates to a swindler who sold fake medicine, claiming that it could cure any illness. When the swindler himself became ill, people gave him his own medicine, which he knew would not work.

]]> 2023-05-04 02:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593319 30303김도담 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593458 A hot potato.
It means hot issue.

This idiom originated form “hot potato” the mid-1800s. It is a derivative of the older saying, “to drop like a hot potato.” The meaning of the two sayings is identical, and they both refer to abandoning someone or something quickly and unexpectedly.

]]> 2023-05-04 02:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593458 30308김은겸 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593794 1: pride will have a fall
2: It means 'conceit has falls'
3: origin: This idiom originted from line comes from the Bible and is found, appropriately, in Proverbs 16:18. This is the current King James Version text: Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.]]> 2023-05-04 02:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593794 30312박성우 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593994 spill the beans
it means reveal secret information unintentionally or indiscreetly.
Origin: This idiom originated from ancient Greece when people would use beans to vote anonymously. White beans were used for positive votes, and for negative votes, black beans or other dark-colored beans were used. These votes were cast in secret, so if someone knocked over the beans in the jar—whether by accident or intentionally—they “spilled the beans” and revealed the results of the votes prematurely.]]> 2023-05-04 02:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577593994 30326허담 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577594489 "Bad egg"
It means "bad person"
Oringin:This idiom originated from The allusion is clearly to the disappointment felt when cracking or shelling an egg, only to find that it is bad. The earliest use of the phrase in that context that I have found is in the Milwaukee Daily American, September 1856]]> 2023-05-04 02:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577594489 30323최시완 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595320 "keep eyes open"

It means don't look awy]]> 2023-05-04 02:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595320 30313 박성필 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595970 Go over.

It means examine carefully.]]> 2023-05-04 02:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595970 30305 김시우 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595986 "A barking dog never bites"
It means "A person who makes a lot of noise on the outside is rather ineffective"
Origin: This idiom originated from an old English saying and one of the many proverbs that were collected by the Tudor courtier John Heywood.]]> 2023-05-04 02:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577595986 30304 김민재 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577599219 back to the drawing board 

It means " to start over after a failure "


This idiom originated from art. The saying is attributed to an American artist named Peter Arno, who published his cartoons in the New Yorker.]]> 2023-05-04 02:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577599219 30314 박주현 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577599796 "A blessing in disguise"

It meaning "a good thing that seemed bad at first"


Origin: This idiom originated from mid-1700s, however scholars have yet to pin down the first usage of the term. The earliest instance of the term found in print was a 1746 work by English writer James Hervey titled Reflections on a Flower-Garden.]]> 2023-05-04 02:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577599796 30324 한소율 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577600463 Every lot is to be overcome by endurance

​]]> 2023-05-04 02:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2577600463 30311박가윤 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584708998 "It's not rocket science"
It means "It's not complicated".

Orgin: This idiom orginated from the phrase it’s not rocket science came into use in the United States during the 1980s, though rocket science had been a field of study since World War II. German rocket scientists were brought to the United States in the 1940s, and they helped launch the American rocket science program that eventually sent men to the moon. ]]> 2023-05-10 02:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584708998 30307 김유호 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584715435 "Hit the books"

It means to study.

It is orignated from cowboys used when starting out on a journey.


]]> 2023-05-10 02:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584715435 30306 김우림 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584719831 Idiom
"My salad days"

Meaning
It means "the period of life when someone is young and does not have much experience"

Origin
This idiom originated from William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, where Cleopatra says her early infatuation with Julius Caesar was foolish: “My salad days, when I was green in judgment.”]]> 2023-05-10 02:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584719831 30302고태송 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584720103 "come rain or shine"

It means "no matter what"

Origin: this idiom originated from Songwriters Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen made the phrase known with their song "Come Rain or Come Shine". The song was written for St. Louis Women, which was a Broadway show released in 1946.]]> 2023-05-10 02:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584720103 30313 박성필 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584722512
go over 

It means examine carefully

This idiom originated from 1580s, "review point by point;" see go over Meaning "be successful" is from 1923]]> 2023-05-10 02:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584722512 30320 임다원 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584728223 1. Idiom: A dime a dozen

2. Meaning: It's very ordinary.

3. Origin: After the dime was made in 1796, people started advertising goods for “a dime a dozen.” This meant you were getting a good deal on products, such as a dozen eggs. Over time, the idiom evolved to mean the opposite. Instead of something being a good deal, it became a phrase to describe something that’s not valuable and easily available. The first known use of it in this context is believed to have occurred in 1930. From there, people picked up on the phrase’s new meaning and started using it in that context.


]]> 2023-05-10 02:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584728223 30323최시완 https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584742129 Keep eyes open
Oringin:this Idiom orginated from https://confusingtimes.tistory.com/2289]]> 2023-05-10 02:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hwnryu/Bookmarks/wish/2584742129