[정철어학원의 1분 SpeaKing!] That’s an old head on young shoulders.

애늙은이라니깐.

A : Sis, when a teacher says ‘it’s nothing’, do believe ‘it’s something’. 누나, 선생님이 ‘별 거 아니야’라고 말하면, 꼭 ‘별 것’이라고 믿어야 돼.

B : Why? 왜?

A : They say so because they are not supposed to make their students scared or nervous. 학생들을 겁먹거나 불안하게 만들면 안 되니까 그렇게 말하는 거거든.

B : Why not? 왜 안 돼?

A : Remember the kids in Die Hard 3? They hide in the classroom and get in trouble because they don’t believe ‘it’s something.’ 다이하드3 에서 그 꼬마들 기억나? ‘별 것’ 이라고 안 믿어서 교실에 숨었다가 곤란하게 되잖아.

B : Oh, yes. They then get locked in the classroom.

아 맞아. 교실에 갇히지.

A : There you go. 바로 그거야.

B : That’s an old head on young shoulders. 애늙은이라니깐.

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He used to be an old head on young shoulders.

그는 한때 애늙은이였지.

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