persona non grata 불청객

Persona non grata (Latin, plural: personae non gratae), literally meaning "an unwelcome person", is a legal term used in diplomacy that indicates a proscription against a person entering the country. It is the most serious form of censure which one country can apply to foreign diplomats, who are otherwise protected by diplomatic immunity from arrest and other normal kinds of prosecution. The antonym of persona non grata is persona grata.

Pick up the slack (for)

 

pick/take up the slack  (American & Australian informal)

to do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be done When Sue starts going out to work each day, Bob and the kids will have to take up the slack and help more at home.

See cut some slack

See also: pick, slack, up

Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

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pick up the slack also take up the slack

to do something when someone else cannot or will not do it With our best player injured, other players picked up the slack. Who will take up the slack when our grant money runs out?

See also: pick, slack, up

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

Regards,

Jongho Kim

 

Barge in on

barge in (on) (…에) 함부로 참견하다, 끼어들다.

Still, there is evidence that a peaceful insurgency against American hegemony has begun. Obama and his secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, encountered this at the global climate conference last December, when they barged in on a private meeting orchestrated by Chinese officials, who intended to get India, Brazil, and South Africa to block a pact.

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Jongho Kim

 

To wit

to wit 《고어》 즉(namely). *현재는 법률 용어.

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Jongho Kim

 

Tuesdays with Morrie

In the book, there are good answers to the question of why we need a family and children. I totally agree with Morrie that you couldn't have such experience as raising children without actually raising them.

The meaning of family

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died –what I call your 'spiritual security' – knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."

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Jongho Kim

 

It's a little too close to home

a little too close to home.
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