I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them
something you say that means you do not trust someone at all:
He's very charming but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.
I don't trust him as far as I can throw him
나는 그를 들어서 던질 수 있는 멀리 정도만 믿는다.
I believe him as far as I can throw him.
나는 그를 들어서 던질 수 있는 만큼만 믿는다.
난 그를 믿지 않아.
사람을 들어서 얼마나 멀리 던질 수 있을까?
결국 이것은 "I don't believe him at all."과 같은 뜻이다.
A: That new guy in Human Resources sure likes to talk.
B: You mean Wally? Yeah... that he does.
A: He told me he used to work for the CIA. Do you believe him?
B: Oh, I believe him about as far as I can throw him!
A: 인력개발부의 신입 사원은 정말 수다스러운 것 같아.
B: 월리 말이야? 그래… 정말 그렇지.
A: 자기가 미국 중앙 정보국에서 일했었다고 하던데. 그를 믿어?
B:아, 그 사람 말은 안 믿어!
She threw a fit. 그녀는 몹시 화를 냈다.
He threw in the towel. 그는 포기했다.
Throw a fit (발작을 던지다)는
= be visibly angry
'몹시 화를 내다'
fit verb (ILLNESS)
[ I ] UK
to have a fit (= sudden attack of uncontrolled movements)
UK slang
sexually attractive:
I met this really fit bloke in a club last night.
관용구들
be (as) fit as a fiddle
fit to be tied
fit
noun
(ILLNESS)
[ C ]
a sudden attack of illness when someone cannot control their movements and becomes unconscious:
an epileptic fit
He had a fit at work and collapsed.
[ C ]
a sudden, uncontrolled period of doing something or feeling something:
a coughing/sneezing fit
She hit him in a fit of anger.
throw in the towel은 권투에서 유래한 표현으로 give up(포기하다)의 의미이다.