회화와 문법을 동시에 공부하는 Everyday English VOA 매일 영어 진행에 이은경입니다. 오늘은 한번 시작하면 끝도 없을 테니 말도 꺼내지 마시라는 표현 영어로 해 보겠습니다. 대화 들어보시죠.

A: John, I heard you've been working with David lately. How do you like working with him?

J: Don't even get me started. Working with David has been an absolute nightmare.

A: Is it that bad?

J: Working with him is like trying to navigate a minefield of incompetence. He's always late for meetings, and when he finally shows up, he's completely unprepared.

A: That's really unfortunate.

J: It's like pulling teeth just to get him to contribute something meaningful. And when he does, it's usually filled with errors. It puts the whole team at risk, and we end up having to fix his mistakes. And here's the kicker: David somehow manages to charm the higher-ups with his smooth talk. They think he's doing a great job, while the rest of us are left to pick up the pieces. It's frustrating to be associated with someone who doesn't pull their weight. I just hope something changes soon because working with him is becoming unbearable.

제가 John에게 데이빗과 일하는게 어떤지 물었더니, 말도 꺼내지 말라는 답이 돌아왔습니다.

Don't even get me started.

Don’t get me started.

어떤 좋지 않은 이야기를 상대방이 물었을 때, 그 이야기를 시작하면 끝이 안 나니까 시작하지 맙시다라는 표현

Don’t get me started. 강조하고 싶으면 even을 넣어 Don’t even get me started.

John이 데이빗에 대해 정말 많은 얘기를 하는데 끝이 없습니다.

Working with David has been an absolute nightmare.

데이빗과 일하는 것은 absolute 완전nightmare악몽입니다.

Working with him is like trying to navigate a minefield of incompetence.

데이빗과 일하는 것은 마치 무능력의 지뢰밭을 항해하는 것 같아요.

He's always late for meetings, and when he finally shows up, he's completely unprepared.

그는 항상 회의에 늦고, 결국 나타났을 때는 완전히 준비가 안 돼 있습니다.

It's like pulling teeth just to get him to contribute something meaningful.

It's like pulling teeth 이를 뽑는 것 같아요. 그러니까 이를 뽑는 것처럼 너무 힘들다는 뜻 입니다.

just to get him to contribute something meaningful.

그가 어떤 의미있는 것을 기여하게끔 하는 것이

Get someone to do something –하게끔 하다

Have someone do something

Make someone –하도록 만들다

Get someone과 make someone의 차이는 get someone은 조금 덜 강제적인 표현으로 어떤 사람이 –하게끔 한다는 뜻 입니다.

make someone은 get someone보다 조금 더 강제적인 의미로, 어떤 사람이 –하게 만든다는 뜻이 들어 있습니다.

It's like pulling teeth just to get him to contribute something meaningful.

의미있는 어떤 것을 그가 기여하게끔 하는 것이 이를 뽑는 것처럼 힘듭니다.

And when he does, it's usually filled with errors.

그리고, 그가 할 때면, 보통 다 실수로 채워져 있습니다.

It puts the whole team at risk, and we end up having to fix his mistakes.

It puts the whole team at risk.

팀 전체를 at risk 위험에 처하게 합니다.

We end up having to fix his mistakes.

We 우리는 end up 결국 –하게 되다.

having to fix his mistakes 그의 실수들을 고치는

We end up having to fix his mistakes.

우리는 결국에는 그의 실수들을 고치는 일을 하게 됩니다.

Here's the kicker. 더 놀라운 것이 있어요. 더 어이없는 것은

Here’s the real kicker. 어떤 얘기를 하고, 더 터무니 없는 얘기를 보탤때,

Here’s the kicker. Here’s the real kicker.로 얘기 이어 나가면 됩니다.

David somehow manages to charm the higher-ups with his smooth talk. They think he's doing a great job, while the rest of us are left to pick up the pieces. It's frustrating to be associated with someone who doesn't pull their weight. I just hope something changes soon because working with him is becoming unbearable.

David somehow manages to charm the higher-ups with his smooth talk.

데이빗이 somehow 왜 그런지 모르겠지만, 어떻게 그렇게 한지 모르지만 somehow manages to charm the higher-ups with his smooth talk 그의 smooth talk 말 잘하는 능력으로 높은 사람들에게 어필했어요.

데이빗과 일하는게 어떤지 한 번 물었다가 끝도 없는 얘기가 나오고 있습니다.

한번 시작하면 끝도 없으니까 말도 꺼내지 마세요.

Don’t even get me started. 표현 기억하시면서 오늘의 대화 한 번 더 들어보겠습니다.

A: John, I heard you've been working with David lately. How do you like working with him?

J: Don't even get me started. Working with David has been an absolute nightmare.

A: Is it that bad?

J: Working with him is like trying to navigate a minefield of incompetence. He's always late for meetings, and when he finally shows up, he's completely unprepared.

A: That's really unfortunate.

J: It's like pulling teeth just to get him to contribute something meaningful. And when he does, it's usually filled with errors. It puts the whole team at risk, and we end up having to fix his mistakes. And here's the kicker: David somehow manages to charm the higher-ups with his smooth talk. They think he's doing a great job, while the rest of us are left to pick up the pieces. It's frustrating to be associated with someone who doesn't pull their weight. I just hope something changes soon because working with him is becoming unbearable.

Everyday English VOA 매일 영어 오늘은Don’t even get me started 한번 시작하면 끝도 없으니까 말도 꺼내지 마세요. Don’t get me started. 그것에 대해 말하면 끝도 없다는 표현 배웠습니다.