Does everyone have a movie that comes to mind when you think about Christmas? Why not try celebrating Christmas with Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas? The Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie that revolves around Jack, the great Pumpkin King and the leader of Halloween Town. I would recommend this movie to people who want to feel both Halloween and Christmas vibes~! You can learn new English expressions from by watching this movie.

[All] Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws? 

해석 : 샌디 칼날손을 납치해? 

[Lock] I wanna do it. 

해석 : 난 하고 싶어. 

[Barrel] Let's draw straws. 

해석 : 제비를 뽑자.

[Shock] Jack said we should work together. 

해석 : 잭은 우리 셋이 같이 하랬어. 

[Barrel] Three of a kind. 

해석 : 우리는 한 종류. 

[Lock] Birds of a feather. 

해석 : 끼리끼리 모였다.

[Learning New English Expressions] 

- Let’s draw straws. (제비를 뽑자.) / 직역 : draw(뽑아내다) straw(빨대) 

           ↳ 제비뽑기 

              - draw v. (부드럽게) 끌어당기다[뽑아내다] n. 추첨, 제비뽑기 

              - straw n. 빨대 

ex) Let's pick the winner by drawing straws. 

     = 제비뽑기로 승자를 가립시다. 

- Three of a kind (우리는 한 종류) 

   ↳ ‘two/three etc. of a kind’ means people or things are very similar. 

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※Be careful※ (Similar form but different meaning) 

One of a kind = unique [독특한 사람(것)]

[Learning New English Expressions!]

- Birds of a feather (끼리끼리 모였다) 

   ↳ People who are similar in character (비슷한 성향의 사람들) 

      직역 : Birds(새들) Of a feather(하나의 깃털의) 

ex 1) Those girls are birds of a feather. 

       ＝저 여자들은 성향이 비슷해. 

★ An idiom that is useful to know (related with ‘birds of a feather’) 

ex 2) Birds of a feather flock together. = ‘유유상종’ 

          ↳ A proverb that means that people of the same sort will be found together. 

            (같은 유형의 사람들은 함께 모이는 경향이 있다는 뜻의 속담)

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