[It rains cats and dogs: ºñ°¡ ¾ï¼öó·³ ½ñ¾ÆÁø´Ù.]
¿äÁòÀº ºñ°¡ ¿À¸é ±âÈÄ ¿Â³È·Î ÀÎÇØ ¿´ë¿ì¸²Ã³·³ ƯÁ¤ Áö¿ª¿¡ ÁýÁß È£¿ì·Î ³»¸®´Â °æÇâÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ÁýÁßÈ£¿ì´Â "localized heavy rain" ȤÀº "localized torrential downpours"À̶ó°í Ç¥ÇöÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
(These days, when it rains, it seems to be concentrated on specific areas. I suspect this is a tropical rainforest phenomenon caused by global warming. Localized heavy rain is expressed as "localized heavy rain" or "localized torrential downpours.")
¿ì¸®°¡ ÀÚÁÖ »ç¿ëÇÏ´Â "ºñ°¡ ¾ï¼ö·Î ½ñ¾ÆÁö´Ù"¶ó´Â Ç¥ÇöÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
(One of the __EXPRESSION__s that we often use is "It's raining cats and dogs.")
It rains cats and dogs.
= The rain is pouring down.
= It never rains but it pours.
= it never rains that it doesn't pour. (*pour:¹ßÀ½ÁÖÀÇ:Æ÷¾î)
= It never rains without pouring.(*pourig:¹ßÀ½ÁÖÀÇ:Æ÷¸µ)
¾ÆÁÖ À¯¿ëÇÑ Ç¥ÇöÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
°í¾çÀÌ¿Í °³´Â ¼·Î ¸¸³ª¸é À¸¸£··°Å¸®¸ç ¾öû ½Ã²ô·´°Ô ½Î¿ó´Ï´Ù.
±×·¡¼ ºñ°¡ ¸¶Ä¡ °í¾çÀÌ¿Í °³°¡ ¸¸³ °Íó·³ ½Ã²ô·´°Ô ½ñ¾ÆÁø´Ù´Â ÀǹÌÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
(This is a very useful __EXPRESSION__. When cats and dogs meet, they growl and fight loudly. That's why the rain pours down so loudly, as if cats and dogs had met.)
[It never rains but it pours.]
* ºÎÁ¤¾î(Never) ~ but Àý(S+V) = ºÎÁ¤¾î(Never) ~ without ±¸(¸í»ç, µ¿¸í»ç (ÀÌÁߺÎÁ¤;°ÇѱàÁ¤: ~¾øÀÌ ~ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Â´Ù = ~ÇÏ¸é ¹Ýµå½Ã ~ÇÑ´Ù.)
It never rains but it pours. = It never rains without pouring.
[butÀÇ ¿©·¯ ÀǹÌ]
1. Á¢¼Ó»ç: ±×·¯³ª
2. ÀüÄ¡»ç: ~À» Á¦¿ÜÇϰí
Everyone but me was late. (Àú¸¦ Á¦¿ÜÇÑ ¸ðµÎ°¡ ´Ê¾ú¾î¿ä.)
3. °ü¿ë±¸: ~°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ(that ~ not),
(anything but = never, nothing but= only)
¡æ There is no one but has flaws. (°áÁ¡ ¾ø´Â »ç¶÷Àº ¾ø´Ù)
= There is no one that doesn't have flaws.
4. ºÎ»ç: ´ÜÁö, °Ü¿ì(only)
He is but a child. (±×´Â ´ÜÁö ¾ÆÀÌÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù.)
[ÁýÁßÈ£¿ìÀÇ ¿µ¾î Ç¥Çö]
• localized heavy rain: ƯÁ¤ Áö¿ª¿¡ ÁýÁßÀûÀ¸·Î ³»¸®´Â °ÇÑ ºñ.
• localized torrential downpours: ¸Å¿ì °ÇÑ Æø¿ì°¡ ªÀº ½Ã°£ µ¿¾È ƯÁ¤ Áö¿ª¿¡ ÁýÁߵǴ »óȲ. *torrential: ¾ÕÀÌ ¾Èº¸ÀÌ°Ô ºø¹ßÄ¡´Â.
• heavy rain: ÀϹÝÀûÀ¸·Î ¸¹ÀÌ ³»¸®´Â ºñ.
• torrential rain: ¸Å¿ì °ÇÑ Æø¿ì, ½ñ¾ÆÁö´Â µíÇÑ ºñ.
• downpour: °©ÀÛ½º·´°í °ÇÑ ¼Ò³ª±âó·³ ÆÛº×´Â ºñ.