집 거덜나는 줄 알았어

A: Let’s plan an outing. We haven’t done anything fun in a while.
B: Last time you planned an outing, 집 거덜나는 줄 알았어.
A: I admit, I went overboard that time. It won’t happen again.
B: Keep it simple and make everybody chip in to cover it.

해설 보기

A: 언제 한번 야유회라도 가자. 한 동안 못 놀았잖아.
B: 지난 번에 야유회 계획했다가 I had to put the house in hock.
A: 인정해. 내가 그 땐 좀 지나쳤지. 그럴 일 없을 거야.
B: 간단하게 준비하고 이번에는 다들 조금씩 나눠서 내는 걸로 하자.

[Additional Expressions]

* Let’s plan an outing. – Let’s put together an event. / Let’s arrange a get-together.
* anything fun – a fun activity / anything to have a good time / a day of enjoyment
* in a while – in a long time / for some time now / for quite a while
* I had to – I was forced to / I had no choice but to
* put the house in hock – go into debt / borrow money to pay for it all
* I admit – I confess / Ok, it’s true / You’re right / I agree
* I went overboard – I did too much / I was a bit extreme / I was over-the-top
* It won’t happen again. – I won’t do that again. / That won’t happen twice.
* Keep it simple – Simple is better. / All we need are the basics.
* make everybody chip in – ask everyone to contribute money / get cash from everybody
* to cover it – pay for it / recover the expenses




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