Off pat (Down Pat) 완벽하게, 완전히, 완벽하게 준비된, 잘 아는
Pat : 진부한, 독창적이지 못한, 외운듯한, 너무 평범한, (너무 외운거 티나게) 잘도 하는
1)
if you have something off pat, it means you've practiced it completely
you've rehearsed it, you know it very well
he made him practise his multiplication table until he had them off pat
completely rehearsed, well-known
to know it perfectly and readily
it's completely memorized
you are completely familiar with it
you could have something down pat as well
the actor needs to know his lines off pat
he needs to have them down pat
if you know something, this off pat, it means you know something so well that you don't have too think about it
it's just automatic
if you are going to speak good English, you need to know all of the verb tenses off pat, without thinking about it
the salesman had given his presentation so many times that he had it down pat
he had it off pat, he knew it off pat, he kneo it extremely well
off pat, it is extremely well understood
2)
so, now let's get to 'pat', becuase I think the pat is more interesting
you can use pat as an adeverb, meaning exactly at the right moment
but normally we use pat rather negatively
if you give somebody a pat answer, this is the normal accepted answer
it's not got anything special to it
you are disapproving because it's too simple and it's been prepared in advance
it's not spontaneous
ending to this film was rather pat, it was the same as everyting else
it' a bit hackneyed and a bit easy
with difficult questions in philosophy, there is no pat answer
if something is pat as an adjective, it's contrived it's appropriate but it's suspiciously appropriate
it can mean very suited to the occasion but I think we normally use this 'pat' to say that it's unoriginal and it's the anwser that everybody gives, it's the standard answer, it's got nothing special to it
a pat answer
a remark that's been previously prepared so it said with any real thought
if you ask a politician a question, if he answers it, he will probably give you the pat answer
the spokesman came out with the pat response the one that you are always given
something pat, it's rather trite, rather glib, not very original
the story of the film is very pat
Formality : 4.5 for off pat / down off
Formality : 4.5 for a pat answer
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