Wednesday, November 30, 2016

corny, cheesy, tacky

3단어 모두 좋은 의미로 쓰이지는 않는다.

corn. 옥수수.

-corny, 진부한 케케묵은. old and overused and lame.
새로운 내용은 전혀 없고, 결과가 뻔히 예상되는 스토리.

The movie was visually entertaining but the story line was really corny.
I spent all night with my grandpa, listening to his corny stories.



-cheesy,  저질의, 위선의, 거짓의.

over-the-top, flashy, sleeziness

뭔가 니글거리는 분위기? 느끼한 분위기?

I can't believe you took me to see this cheesy lounge singer.
He has a cheesy smile on his face. (=he has a fake plastered smile. )

cheesy joke
1. I hope you know CPR because you take my breath away.
2. I should call the police because you are stealing my heart.



-tacky. 초라한, 볼품없는 , 촌스러운.  (타키)

멋을 낸다고 냈는데, 전혀 멋있지 않은 상태.

having bad style. lack of sophistication, cheap showiness.


예문.
look at those tacky yellow curtains.
it would be tacky to paint this room in pink colour.
Don't you think it was so tacky when he mentioned how much money he has.



corny는 뻔하다 뻔해. 이런느낌.

cheesy는 느끼한, 니글니글한 그런 느낌. 

tacky는 촌스러운 이런느낌. 

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