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Food and eating culture Metaphor¨é cream of the crop, upper crust, butter up, jam, jell 

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À̹ø ±Û¿¡¼­µµ Áö³­ÁÖ¿¡ ÀÌ¾î ¹Ì±¹ÀÇ »§°ú °ü·ÃµÈ ÀºÀ¯ Ç¥ÇöÀ» ÁýÁß ºÐ¼®ÇÑ´Ù. ¾Õ¼± ¿ø°í¿¡¼­ ÄÉÀÌÅ©(cake) °ü·Ã ÀºÀ¯ Ç¥ÇöÀ» ¸î °¡Áö ÀÍÇû´Ù. »ç¶÷¸¶´Ù ´Ù¸£°ÚÁö¸¸ ÄÉÀÌÅ©¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ¸ÀÀÖ´Â ºÎºÐÀº ¹Ù·Î »§ÀÇ À§¸¦ µ¤Àº Å©¸²ÀÌ´Ù. º»·¡ Å©¸²(cream)Àº ¿ìÀ¯¸¦ Àú¾î À§¿¡ ¶á °¡Àå ¸ÀÀÖ´Â °ÅÇ° ºÎºÐÀ» ÃßÃâÇØ ¸¸µç´Ù. Áï Å©¸² Áß¿¡¼­ °¡Àå À§, °¡Àå ÁÁÀº ºÎºÐÀ» ÄÉÀÌÅ©¸¦ ¸¸µå´Â Å©¸²À¸·Î »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù. ¹Ì±¹¿µ¾î¿¡¼­´Â ÇÁ¶û½º¾î¿¡¼­ ¾²´Â ¡®la creme de la cream(the cream of the cream)¡¯À» Â÷¿ëÇØ ¹ßÀü½ÃŲ ¡®cream of the crop¡¯¶ó´Â Ç¥ÇöÀ» ³Î¸® ¾´´Ù. ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº ¡®the best people or things in a particular group, best of best(ƯÁ¤ ±×·ì¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ¶Ù¾î³­ »ç¶÷À̳ª ¹°°Çµé, ÃÖ°í ÁßÀÇ ÃÖ°í)¡¯¸¦ ¶æÇÑ´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é ¾î´À ´ëÇб³¼öÀÌÀÚ ÇÐÀÚ°¡ ¸¹Àº ¶Ù¾î³­ Á¦ÀÚ¸¦ ±æ·¯³ÂÁö¸¸, ±× Áß¿¡¼­µµ ƯÈ÷ Ź¿ùÇÑ Á¦ÀÚ 3¸íÀ» ¼Ò°³Çϸ鼭 ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ ¸»ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.  

I have cultivated many outstanding students, but these three are the cream of the crop.

ÄÉÀÌÅ© À§¿¡ Å©¸²À» À±±â³ª°Ô ¹Ù¸£´Â °ÍÀ» ¡®icing¡¯À̶ó°í ÇÑ´Ù. icing 󸮸¦ ÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Æµµ ÀÌ¹Ì ¸ÀÀÖ´Â ÄÉÀÌÅ©Áö¸¸, icingÀ» ÇÏ°í³ª¸é ÈξÀ º¸±â ÁÁ°í ¸Àµµ ¹è·Î Áõ°¡ÇÑ´Ù. ¹Ì±¹¿µ¾î¿¡¼­ ÀÌ »óȲÀû Àǹ̸¦ À¯»ç »óȲ¿¡ ÀºÀ¯ È®´ëÇØ ¸¸µç ¡®icing on the cake¡¯¶ó´Â Ç¥ÇöÀ» ¸¹ÀÌ »ç¿ëÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº ¡®something that makes a good situation even better(ÀÌ¹Ì ÁÁÀº »óȲÀ» ÈξÀ ´õ ÁÁ°Ô ¸¸µå´Â °Í)¡¯¸¦ ÀǹÌÇÑ´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¾î ITºÐ¾ß ¾î¶² ÇÐÀÚ°¡ ¡®Google¡¯ °°Àº ¼¼°èÀûÀÎ ITȸ»ç¿¡¼­ Ư°­ ÃÊûÀ» ¹Þ¾Ò´Ù¸é °³ÀÎÀûÀ¸·Î ¿µ±¤½º·¯¿î ÀÏÀÓ¿¡ Ʋ¸² ¾ø´Ù. °Ô´Ù°¡ ¿¹»óÄ¡ ¸øÇÑ ¼öÁØÀÇ Æ¯°­ºñ±îÁö µÎµÏÇÏ°Ô ¹Þ¾Ò´Ù¸é, »çÀÚ¼º¾î·Î ¡®±Ý»ó÷ȭ¡¯°¡ ¾Æ´Ò ¼ö ¾ø´Ù. À̶§ »ÑµíÇÑ °¨Á¤À» ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.

I was invited for a special talk by Google. The opportunity itself was a great honour for me and getting paid well for it was just icing on the cake.

¹Ì±¹ »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ±×°ÍÀÌ »§°ú °ü·ÃµÈ ÀºÀ¯ Ç¥ÇöÀÎÁÙ ¸ð¸£°í ³Î¸® ¾²´Â Ç¥Çö Áß Çϳª°¡ ¡®the upper crust¡¯´Ù. ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº º»·¡ »§À» ±¸¿üÀ» ¶§, ¸Ç À§¿¡ Á¦ÀÏ ¸¹ÀÌ ±¸¿öÁø À­ºÎºÐÀ» ³ªÅ¸³»´Â ¸»ÀÌ´Ù. ¹Ì±¹ Ãʱ⠿ª»ç¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ³ôÀº »ç¶÷µé¿¡°Ô ÀÌ ºÎºÐÀ» ¸ÕÀú ¸Ôµµ·Ï Çß´Ù°í ÇÑ´Ù. ÀÌ·± ¿ª»çÀû ¹è°æÀÌ [highest social class(»çȸ ÃÖ°íÀ§Ãþ)=upper crust(±¸¿î »§ÀÇ À­ºÎºÐ)]¶ó´Â ÀºÀ¯ Ç¥ÇöÀ» ³ºÀº °ÍÀ¸·Î º¸ÀδÙ. ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é ¾î¶² »ç¶÷ÀÌ »çȸ ÃÖ»óÀ§ÃþÀξç ÇãdzÀ» ¶³Áö¸¸, ½ÇÁ¦´Â ¹«ÀÏǬÀÎ »ç¶÷ÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù¸é ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ ¸»ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. 

He pretends to belong to the upper crust, but he is actually penniless.

ȸ»ç¿¡¼­ ½ÂÁøÀ» À§ÇØ ´Ã »ó»ç¿¡°Ô ¾ÆºÎ¸¸ ÇÏ´Â µ¿·á¸¦ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ È亼 ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. Ken always butters up his boss, trying to get a promotion.<»çÁø=À̹ÌÁöÅõµ¥ÀÌ>
Áö³­ ÁÖ ±Û¿¡¼­ ¹Ì±¹»ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¾Æħ¿¡ Áñ°Ü¸Ô´Â ¡®toast(±¸¿î ½Ä»§)¡¯¿Í °ü·ÃµÈ Ç¥ÇöÀ» ¼Ò°³Çß´Ù. ±¸¿î ½Ä»§¿¡ ±×µéÀÌ ¹ß¶ó ¸Ô´Â ´ëÇ¥ÀûÀÎ °ÍÀÌ butterÀε¥, ¹Ì±¹¿µ¾î¿¡¼­ ÀÌ°ÍÀ» µ¿»ç·Î ½á Àß ¾²´Â ÀºÀ¯ È®ÀåµÈ Ç¥ÇöÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. ¡®butter ~ up¡¯Àº ¡®say nice things to someone so that he or she will do what you want(´©±º°¡¿¡°Ô ÁÁÀº ¸»À» ÇØ ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ¿øÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» Çϵµ·Ï À̲ø´Ù)¡¯¶ó´Â ¶æ, Çѱ¹¾î·Î ¡®¾ÆºÎÇÏ´Ù¡¯¶ó´Â Àǹ̴Ù. Çѱ¹¾î¿¡¼­´Â °°Àº ¶æÀ¸·Î ¡®¼ÕÀ» ºñºñ´Ù¡¯¶ó´Â ȯÀ¯ Ç¥ÇöÀ» ¾²´Â ¹Ý¸é ¹Ì±¹¿µ¾î¿¡¼­´Â ±×µé¿¡°Ô Àͼ÷ÇÑ ¸Ô°Å¸®ÀÎ butter¸¦ ÀÌ¿ëÇØ [¾ÆºÎÇÏ´Ù=(»§ À§¿¡) ¹öÅ͸¦ ¸¹ÀÌ ¹Ù¸£´Ù] ÀºÀ¯·Î Ç¥ÇöÇÏ´Â Â÷ÀÌ°¡ Èï¹Ì·Ó´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¾î ȸ»ç¿¡¼­ ½ÂÁøÀ» À§ÇØ ´Ã »ó»ç¿¡°Ô ¾ÆºÎ¸¸ ÇÏ´Â µ¿·á¸¦ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ È亼 ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.

Ken always butters up his boss, trying to get a promotion. 

¹Ì±¹ »ç¶÷µéÀº ¹öÅÍ ÀÌ¿Ü¿¡µµ ±¸¿î »§ À§¿¡ °úÀÏ¿¡¼­ ¸¸µç °¢Á¾ ¡®jam¡¯À» Áñ°Ü ¹ß¶ó ¸Ô´Â´Ù. ¡®jam¡¯À» ¸¸µå´Â °úÁ¤ÀÌ °úÀÏÀ» ¾ÐÂøÇØ ²öÀû²öÀûÇÑ »óÅ·Π¸¸µå´Â °ÍÀ̱⿡, ÀÌ ´Ü¾î´Â µ¿»ç·Î ¡®to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion is made difficult(¹°Ã¼³ª Ç¥¸é »çÀÌ¿¡ ²Ë ³¢¾î ¿òÁ÷À̱â Èûµé¾îÁö´Ù)¡¯ÀÇ ¶æÀ» ³ªÅ¸³½´Ù. ÇÊÀÚ°¡ ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀ» óÀ½ µè°í ÀÍÈ÷°Ô µÈ °ÍÀº, ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼­ ´ëÇпø ÀçÇÐ ½ÃÀý pick-up basketball(üÀ°°üÀ̳ª °ø¿ø¿¡ ¾Æ¹«³ª µµÂøÇÏ´Â ´ë·Î ÆÀÀ» ±¸¼ºÇØ ³ó±¸°æ±â¸¦ ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ¸»ÇÔ)À» Áñ°Ü ÇÒ ¶§¿´´Ù. ³ó±¸°æ±â¸¦ ÇÏ´Ù º¸¸é ÆнºµÈ ³ó±¸°øÀ» ÀâÀ¸·Á´Ù ¼Õ°¡¶ô°ú ºÎµúÃÄ »ß°Å³ª Àδ밡 ¼Õ»óµÇ´Â ºÎ»óÀ» ´çÇÒ ¼ö Àִµ¥, À̸¦ ¿µ¾î¿¡¼­´Â ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÇÑ´Ù.

I jammed my finger (got my finger jammed) badly while playing basketball.

±×¸®°í ¡®jam¡¯ÀÇ ÀÌ ¶æÀÌ ÀºÀ¯ È®´ëµÅ, ³Ê¹« ¸¹Àº Â÷ ¶§¹®¿¡ ±³ÅëüÁõÀÌ ÀϾ »óȲÀ» ÈçÈ÷ ¡®traffic jam¡¯ÀÌ¶ó ¸»ÇÑ´Ù.  

I'm sorry for being late. I got stuck in a bad traffic jam

¹Ì±¹ »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ¹è°íÇà ¶§ °¡Àå °£´ÜÇÏ°Ô ¸Ô´Â »÷µåÀ§Ä¡°¡ ¡®peanut butter and jelly sandwich¡¯´Ù. »§À» ±ÁÁö ¾ÊÀº ä·Î ½Ä»§ »çÀÌ¿¡ ¡®peanut butter¡¯¿Í °úÀÏ ¡®jam¡¯À» ÇÔ²² ¹ß¶ó ¸Ô´Â »÷µåÀ§Ä¡´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀ» ¡®peanut butter and jam sandwich¡¯¶ó ÇÏÁö ¾Ê°í, ¡®peanut butter and jelly sandwich¡¯¶ó ºÎ¸£´Â °ÍÀÌ Æ¯ÀÌÇÏ´Ù. º»·¡ ¡®jelly¡¯´Â °úÁó¿¡ ¼³ÅÁ°ú ¹°À» ³Ö¾î ²ú¿©¼­ Á©¶óƾ ¼ººÐÀÇ ºÎµå·¯¿î µ¢¾î¸® ÇüÅ·Π¸¸µç °ÍÀε¥, ÁÖ·Î ÈĽÄ(dessert)À¸·Î Áñ°Ü ¸Ô´Â´Ù. ¡®jelly¡¯ÀÇ ³»¿ë¹°ÀÌ Àß ¸ÂÁö ¾ÊÀ¸¸é ¸ÀÀÖ°Ô ±»¾îÁöÁö ¾Ê´Â µ¥¼­ ±âÀÎÇØ, µ¿»ç ¡®jell¡¯Àº ¡®to work well in harmony as a group or team(¾î¶² ±×·ìÀ̳ª ÆÀÀÌ Á¶È­ ¼Ó¿¡¼­ ÀÏÀ» ÀßÇÏ´Ù)¡¯À̶ó´Â ¶æÀ» ³ªÅ¸³½´Ù. ¿¹¸¦ µé¾î ÆÀÀÇ ¸ðµç ±¸¼º¿øÀÌ ÀÏÄ¡´Ü°áÇØ Á¶È­ ¼Ó¿¡¼­ ÀÏÀ» ÇÒ ¶§±îÁö, ½Ã°£ÀÌ Á» °É·È´Ù´Â ¸»À» ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù. 

It took some time for our team to jell. (Áß±âÀÌÄÚ³ë¹Ì °´¿ø=°¡Å縯´ëÇб³ ¿µ¾î¿µ¹®ÇкΠÀÌâºÀ ±³¼ö)

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