| [ EnglishOnly ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): SuBon ( 오 정수) 날 짜 (Date): 1996년09월07일(토) 05시52분22초 KDT 제 목(Title): [A] Rolls off Let's examine the phrase "rolls off". The verb, to roll, is fairly straight-forward, except that it has both transitive ("I roll the ball.") and intransitive ("The ball rolls to me.") meanings. These translate nicely to the Korean verbs, 굴리다 and 구르다, respectively. It should be easy to understand that the literal things that "roll" are usually round, or at least cylindrical. In a more figurative sense, a person can roll when they curl into a ball shape or lie out with their arms at their sides like a cylinder. The idea of water rolling on a smooth surface is figurative to the extent of being poetical, as the observer imagines the beads of water as tiny balls. The adverb, off, describes how the rolling action occurs. One can easily use the combination to describe any action where something round or cylindrical rolls from on top of something and off the edge. For example, "The ball rolls off the table." The usage, "something rolls off me", is probably very figurative and probably a partial reference to the idiom, "His insult rolled off like water on the back of a duck." This idiom is now quite out of style, but can still be heard occasionally. I am sure you can think of many uses that extend the basic meaning, like "Rock 'n Roll". _____________________________ 오 정수 드림 _____________________________ |