굿 플레이스 시즌1 : 7화 영어 표현 throw someone under the bus, shrug something off

 

영어 공부를 위해 시트콤 <굿 플레이스>를 보고있습니다. 이 작품은 영어 회화를 배우는데 적격이라는 이야기가 많아 입문하게 되었는데요. 처음 한 두편은 제 취향이 아닌것 같았지만 보다보니 재미가 들렸습니다.  게다가 제가 즐겨본 <프렌즈>를 통해 익힌 표현과 영어 회화 책을 통해 익힌 표현이  이 작품에도 나와서 재밌게 감상하고 있는데요. 반복되는 표현과 익히고 싶은 문장을 기록합니다.  :)

 

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Scene 1 

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Eleanor: Or option C...
Continue to lie about myself and find a way to save Michael.
 Can we somehow throw Tahani under the bus?
That would be a classic "two birds with one stone" scenario.

 

throw someone under the bus : 

1. :to do something harmful to someone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself
   

•  I'm not going to throw my friend under the bus for something he did 25 years ago.
  
• He has been accused of throwing fellow Republicans under the bus for his personal agenda.
  

 

 

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Scene 2

(...)

Chidi: I won't say anything because I promised to help you.
 And the moral implications...
Of everything that we've done are so complicated
that I may never untangle them, but I hate lying.
I always have,
and this is going to eat me up inside forever.
You might be able to shrug this off, 
and forget about it, but I never will.

 

shrug something off:

1. : to treat something as if it is not important or not a problem
   

• You're a father and you can't simply shrug off your responsibility for your children.
  
• The company shrugged aside its defeat last week in the takeover battle for the software provider.