1)
Not a Dicky Bird : 아무것도 없는, 전혀없는, 한마디도 안하는
A Dicky Bird : 작은새, 한마디의 말
I won't say a dicky bird : 한마디도 안하다, 아무말도 하지 않겠다
nothing at all or not a word at all I won't say
I've got no money at all, at a dicky bird, absolutely nothing
Dicky bird, a word I promise, I won't say a dicky bird
I haven't heard a dicky bird
notice, a dicky bird is cockney rhyming slang
I won't say a dicky bird
Have you got at any time? I'm sorry not a dicky bird, nothing at all, not anything at all
not a word at all I won't say a dicky bird
Formality : 2.5 - 3
2)
Birds of a Feather : 같은 성향의 사람들, 유유상종
Birds of a feather flock together : 같은 성향의 사람들은 함께 모인다
means that people who are similar, they've got similar tastes, they're similar preferences, they've got similar opinions
they are birds fo a feather, they have got the same character, they like the same things
if you go to this pub you'll really like it, because all the people there they are birds of the feather, the same type of people
he is my best friend, we are birds of a feather, there's very little that we don't actually agree on.
Formality : 4.5
3)
Eat Like a Bird : 새모이 만큼 먹다, 적게 먹다, 소식하다
he eats like a bird, he doen't eat very much
the idea of just a bird pecking at its food
he just pected his food
to eat very little
eat like a horse, which is the opposite to eat like a bird
Formality : 4
4)
Birds and the Bees : 성교육, 기본적인 성에 대한 상식교육
this is sex education
as a father, i need to speak to my kids about the birds and the bees
it is an euphemistic phrease for sex and reproduction
the phrase of the birds and the bees is a euphemism to talk about sex
school also should teach kids about the birds and the bees
Formality : 4.5
5)
Whirlybird : 헬리콥터
whirlybird is slang phrase for a helicopter
because it goes round and round and round and it flies in the sky
they sent a whirlybird to transport the patient to hospital
mountain rescuce sent a whirlybird to rescue the lost climber
it is a helicopter, and nothing more
Formality : 5
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