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by Olivia Ha 2021. 6. 18.

write off (부채를) 탕감하다; ~을 실패한[무가치한] 것으로 보다[인식하다]

  • dismiss someone or something as insignificant
  • a period of time during which you fail to achieve anything
  • an amount of money that has been lost, for example, from a bad investment or a debt that will never be paid, shown as a loss in a company's accounts:

    EX) He lost 10,000pounds on an investment byt his company is doing very well so he can afford to write the 10000 off. 그 돈을 탕감할 여력이 있다.

a close second 1위와 막상막하인 2위.


Have someone work cut out

to have something very difficult to do 
EX) She will really have her work cut out to finish all those reports by the end of the week.

EX) Biden's work is cut out for him in his first presidential trip abroad.

 

say something in jest

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