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[ Origin ]

The phrase is speculated to have originated in the old American English but there is no literary proof to support this claim. 

[ Examples ]

• The completion of this project was honestly a race against time. The client needed to have filed the documents in the court by today at any cost.
• Can you not make this sound like a race against time? Let her take it slowly please?
• My mother is racing against time right now. Please be by my side because I will need you around.

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• rat race - (대도시 삶의) 극심한 생존 경쟁

[ Origin ]

The origin of the phrase comes from 19th century Great Britain, derived from those bucks or dandies who were regarded as the acme of snappy dressing in the Regency period. (In its turn, that word came from buck in the sense of the animal, and had a slightly older meaning still that suggested male gaiety or spirit, with unsubtle suggestions of rutting deer.)

In its dandified sense buck up first meant to dress smartly, for a man to get out of those comfortable old clothes and into something drop-dead gorgeous. Since to do so was often a fillip to the spirit, the phrase shifted sometime around the 1880s to its modern meaning.

[ Examples ]

• After losing the first place position to Martha, everyone heard Mary's mother tell her to buck up.
• People should learn to buck up after encountering any major issues as this is the only way they can succeed.
• Matthew was told to buck up and resit the exams next year.

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• buck - the male of some horned animals, a vertical jump performed by a horse, (informal)make more cheerful

[ Origin ]

We were unable to obtain the precise origin of the idiomatic phrase "live wire." In actual, a live wire is an electrical wire through which there is a flow of electricity, which is a form of energy. Hence, a person is said to be a live wire when he appears to be a very energetic one, just like a live wire which posses electrical energy. 

[ Examples ]

• John is such a live wire; he is a good source of entertainment.
• Jennifer is the only live wire - the rest of the group of is totally dull.
• Susanne is a real live wire; she spread positive vibes all over.

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• life of the party : 파티를 즐겁게 하거나 고조시키는 것을 돕는 유형의 사람

• go-getter : (특히 사업에서) 성공하려고 단단히 작정한 사람, 야심가

• self-starter : 자발적으로 행동하는 사람

• busy bee : 부지런한 사람

• ball of fire : 힘이 넘치는 사람, 수완가, 정력가

삶이 그대에게 레몬을 준다면,
레모네이드로 만들어버려라.
살면서 힘든 일이 있다고 해도
그것을 기회로 만들어라

You should always make the best
out of difficult situations.
Make the best of a bad bargain.

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This phrase is in common usage throughout the west, as you can see above in terms related to having opposing opinions, standing up to some form of oppression or, staying put in one place. Unfortunately, it has in recent history become notorious in the US as a 'no duty to retreat law' in up to 30 states. In these states, it can be used when there is a threat of lethal bodily harm or serious crime.

[ Examples ]

• Moira's son wanted her to move in with him after her husband died, but she held her ground and stayed where she was.
• The council wanted to widen the road, but the shop owners stood their ground, and they won in the end.
• Humans need to stand their ground against Covid-19

Chapter XI. The Nest of the Missel Thrush

 16  Dickon laughed so that he was obliged to stifle the sound by putting his arm over his mouth.
"I know tha' thinks I'm a queer lad," he said, "but I think tha' art th' queerest little lass I ever saw."
Then Mary did a strange thing. She leaned forward and asked him a question she had never dreamed of asking any one before. And she tried to ask it in Yorkshire because that was his lan- guage, and in India a native was always pleased if you knew his speech.
"Does tha' like me?" she said.
"Eh!" he answered heartily, "that I does. I likes thee wonderful, an' so does th' robin, I do believe!"
"That's two, then," said Mary. "That's two for me."
And then they began to work harder than ever and more joyfully. Mary was startled and sorry when she heard the big clock in the courtyard strike the hour of her midday dinner.
"I shall have to go," she said mournfully. "And you will have to go too, won't you?" Dickon grinned.
"My dinner's easy to carry about with me," he said. "Mother always lets me put a bit o' somethin' in my pocket."
smother, choke
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lad - boy, lass - girl
heartily - sincerely

 17  He picked up his coat from the grass and brought out of a pocket a lumpy little bundle tied up in a quite clean, coarse, blue and white handkerchief. It held two thick pieces of bread with a slice of something laid between them.
"It's oftenest naught but bread," he said, "but I've got a fine slice o' fat bacon with it today."
Mary thought it looked a queer dinner, but he seemed ready to enjoy it.
"Run on an' get thy victuals," he said. "I'll be done with mine first. I'll get some more work done before I start back home."
He sat down with his back against a tree.
"I'll call th' robin up," he said, "and give him th' rind o' th' bacon to peck at. They likes a bit o' fat wonderful."
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victuals - 음식

 18   Mary could scarcely bear to leave him. Suddenly it seemed as if he might be a sort of wood fairy who might be gone when she came into the garden again. He seemed too good to be true. She went slowly half-way to the door in the wall and then she stopped and went back.
"Whatever happens, you--you never would tell?" she said.
His poppy-colored cheeks were distended with his first big bite of bread and bacon, but he managed to smile encouragingly.
red, rosy      ---- swell, bulge, expand
"If tha' was a missel thrush an' showed me where thy nest was, does tha' think I'd tell any one? Not me," he said. "Tha' art as safe as a missel thrush."
And she was quite sure she was.
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fairy - barely
poppy - 양귀비 - red, rosy
missel(mistle) thrush - 겨우살이개똥지빠귀

▶ Diana       : Who would wield it?
▷ Hippolyta : I pray it will never be called to arms. But only the fiercest among us even could. And that is not you.

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▷ Hippolyta : It seems I’m not the revered queen I should be.
▶ Diana     :  No, Mother. It was me, I asked her to….
▷ Hippolyta : Take her to the palace. Off you go.
▶ Antipode :  You left me no choice. You neglect your duty if she cannot fight. 
▷ Hippolyta : The stronger she gets, the sooner he’ll find her.

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
Many stores offer highly promoted sales on Black Friday and open very early, such as at midnight, or may even start their sales at some time on Thanksgiving.

Many Americans see Black Friday as the official beginning of the Christmas holiday season, a time when many people go shopping for gifts to give to their family and friends on Christmas Day. On Black Friday, many stores have big sales, and it is common to see long lines of people waiting outside stores and in malls to get the best deals first before they run out. Because of this, stores usually open around 6 am in the morning or later. Some stores, though, started opening at 5 am and even 4 am in the late 20th century. Now, a few stores even open at midnight. Shoppers like to stay out all day to get what they need, making Black Friday the busiest shopping day of the year.

1905, Canadian department store Eaton's began the first Thanksgiving Day parade by bringing Santa on a wagon through the streets of downtown Toronto. In 1913, eight live reindeer pulled Santa's "sleigh." By 1916, seven floats representing nursery rhyme characters joined Santa in the parade.
In 1924, the Eaton's parade inspired Macy's Department Store to launch its famous Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City as a way to celebrate its success during the Roaring '20s. The parade boosted shopping for the following day, and retailers developed a gentleman's agreement to wait until then before advertising holiday sales.

In 2014, spending volume on Black Friday fell for the first time since the 2008 recession. $50.9 billion was spent during the four-day Black Friday weekend, down 11% from the previous year. However, the U.S. economy was not in a recession. Christmas creep has been cited as a factor in the diminishing importance of Black Friday, as many retailers now spread out their promotions over the entire months of November and December rather than concentrate them on a single shopping day or weekend.

The earliest evidence of the phrase Black Friday originated in Philadelphia, where it was used by police to describe the heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic that would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. This usage dates to at least 1961. As the phrase became more widespread, a popular explanation became that this day represented the point in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, thus going from being "in the red" to being "in the black"

The term Cyber Monday, the online counterpart to Black Friday, refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday based on a trend that retailers began to recognize in 2003 and 2004. Retailers noticed that many consumers, who were too busy to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend or did not find what they were looking for, shopped for bargains online that Monday from home or work.
In the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday. Boxing Day sales are common and shops often allow dramatic price reductions. For many merchants, Boxing Day has become the day of the year with the greatest revenue.