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2019³âµµÀÇ 1¿ùÀÌ ¹ú½á Áö³ª³×¿ä.  
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¿ÃÇØ´Â ¸ðµÎ¿¡°Ô À۳⺸´Ù ´õ ÁÁÀº Àϸ¸ ÀϾÀ¸¸é ÁÁ°Ú´Âµ¥, 
...±Û½ê¿ä, ¿ÖÀÌ·¸°Ô ´Ùµé Èûµé¾îÇÏ´ÂÁö.... 
±×·¡¼ÀÎÁö ´©±º°¡ÀÇ ¾ÊÁÁÀº »óȲÀ» Ç¥ÇöÇÏ´Â ¸»µéÀÌ »ý°¢³µ½À´Ï´Ù.  
±×¸®°í ´ÙÀ½±Û¿¡´Â ÁÁÀº »óȲÀ» Ç¥ÇöÇÏ´Â ¸»µéÀ» ½á¾ß°Ú´Ù´Â »ý°¢ÀÌ µå³×¿ä...
- down in the dumps 
Àú~ ¹Ø¿¡ ¾²·¹±â ´õ¹Ì¿¡ ÀÖµíÀÌ ±âºÐµµ ´õ·´°í ÂóÂóÇÏ°í ¿ì¿ïÇÏ°í ±×·¸°í Àú·¸´Ü Ç¥ÇöÀÔ´Ï´Ù. 
- rough ride/roller coaster ride
·Ñ·¯ÄÚ½ºÅÍ ±â±¸¸¦ źµí, ¾Æ´Ï¸é °ÅÄ£ ±æÀ» °¡°íÀÖ´Â Â÷¸¦ źµí, ¸ðµç°ÍÀÌ ¼øÁ¶·ÓÁö ¾Ê°í, °ÅÄ¥°í, ±âº¹µµ ½ÉÇÏ°í, ¿¹»óÀÌ ºÒ°¡´ÂÇÏ°í ¾î·Æ±â¸¸ ÇÏ°í... ÀÌ·± ½Ã°£À» ¾ê±âÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
"Where have you been?  I've been worried about you."
"I've been down in the dumps.  Hopefully things will start to look up, and i'll feel better."
"Yes, it seems like you've been on a rough ride/roller coaster ride all last year.  I'm sure things will get better in 2019."
"¾îµð·Î »ç¶óÁ³´ø°Å¾ß?  °ÆÁ¤ÇßÀݾÆ."
"¿ì¿ïÇØ ÀÖ¾ú¾î.  ÀϵéÀÌ Àß Ç®¸®±â ½ÃÀÛÇؼ ³»°¡ ±âºÐÀÌ Á» ÁÁ¾ÆÁ³À¸¸é ÁÁ°Ú¾î."
"±×·¡, À۳⠳»³» Èûµé¾ú´ø°Í °°Àºµ¥, 2019³âÀº ÀÏÀÌ Á» Ç®¸®°ÚÁö."
- in dire straits 
ºñ½ÁÇÑ Ç¥ÇöÀ¸·Î 'in dire straits"´Â ¸» ±×´ë·Î ½ÉÇÑ °ï°æ, ¶Ç´Â °£ÀýÈ÷ µµ¿òÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇÑ »óȲÀ» Ç¥ÇöÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
"i had no one to turn to.  i had nowhere to go.  i saw no way out.  i was in dire straits."
"³ µµ¿òÀ» ûÇÒ ´©±¸µµ ¾ø¾ú¾î.  °¥°÷µµ ¾ø¾ú°í.  °¡¸ÁÀÌ º¸ÀÌÁö ¾Ê¾Ò¾î.  Á¤¸» Àý½ÇÇÑ »óȲÀ̾ú¾î."
ÀÌ·± »óȲ¿¡ óÇØÀÖ´Ù°¡ ÁÁ¾ÆÁö¸é ÁÁÁö¸¸, »óȲÀÌ ¾ÇȵǴ ¼öµµ ÀÖÁÒ... ¹ú½á ¾ÊÁÁÀº »óȲ¿¡¼ ´õ ³ªºüÁ³À»¶§, ÀÌ·± Ç¥ÇöµéÀ» »ç¿ëÇÕ´Ù:
- out of the frying pan, into the fire
¹ú½á ÇÁ¶óÀÌÆÒ¿¡ ³õ¿©... ÁöÁö°í ºº°í, ¸ø»ì°Ô ±¼°í, Â°í, ¹Ð°í, ´ç±â°íÇؼ Èûµé¾î Á×°Ú´Â ÆÇ¿¡... ÇÁ¶óÀÌÆÒ¿¡¼ ³ª°¡ ºÒ ¾ÈÀ¸·Î ¶Ù¾îµé¾î°¡µí, »óȲÀÌ ´õ ½É°¢ÇØÁüÀ» ¾ê±âÇÕ´Ï´Ù. 
'°¥¼ö·Ï Å»ê', 'µµµÏÀ» ÇÇÇÏ·Á´Ù °µµ¸¦ ¸¸³ª´Ù' ¿Í ºñ½ÁÇÏ´Ù°í ³×À̹ö¿¡¼ °¡¸®ÃÄÁֳ׿ä. ^ ^
- pouring gasoline on fire
Çѱ¹¾î·Î ºñ½ÁÇÑ ¸»Àº 'ºÒ³ª´Â Áý¿¡ ºÎäÁúÇÏ´Ù' °°½À´Ï´Ù.  ¹ú½á ºÒÀÌ ³ªÀִµ¥, ºÎäÁú ´ë½Å ¹Ì±¹¿¡¼´Â Èֹ߷ù¸¦ ºÎ¾î¹ö¸®³×¿ä.  
»ý°¢³ ±è¿¡ Çϳª ´õ Àû¾îº¸°Ú½À´Ï´Ù:
- digging  myself a hole 
À̰͵µ Çѱ¹¾î·Î µÈ ºñ½ÁÇÑ ¸»ÀÌ Àֱ⿡ ¸Ó¸®¿¡ ¶°¿Ã¶ú³ªº¾´Ï´Ù.  '³» ÀÚ½ÅÀ» À§ÇÑ ±¸¸ÛÀ» ÆÇ´Ù'´Â ¸»·Î, Çѱ¹¿¡¼´Â '³» ¹«´ý ³»°¡ ÆÇ´Ù'¶ó ÇÏÁÒ.. 
ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº ¾î·Á¿î »óȲÀ» ¾ê±âÇϱ⵵ ÇÏÁö¸¸, âÇǽº·¯¿î »óȲ ¶ÇÇÑ ¾ê±âÇÕ´Ï´Ù.  (±¸¸ÛÀ» Æļ ¼ûÀ» ¼ö ÀÖµµ·Ï...)