뉴질랜드의 구어체 영어 표현

Awesome

Fine, excellent

Bach(배취)

A holiday home (also known as a crib in the South Island)

Barbie

Barbecue (also written as BBQ) - food cooked outside over a charcoal or gas fire

Beaut, beauty

Something good or outstanding. Often used ironically to mean the opposite

Bro

Term of address for a male friend or relative

Bright as a button

Looking fresh, alert

Bright spark

Intelligent, alert, attentive, awake

Bring a plate

Everyone brings food to share. Don't bring an empty plate.

 (port luck)이라고도 합니다. 접시에 음식을 하나씩 갖고 오세요

Bush

New Zealand's native forest

Bushed, had it

Exhausted

BYO

Bring Your Own. A BYO restaurant is a restaurant that allows customers to bring their own wine to drink with their meal. (식당에 BYO라고 써있으면 자신이 마실 술을 갖고 들어갈 수 있습니다. 이 때 병따주기, 유리잔 준비 등 서비스 요금을 조금씩 주게 됩니다)

Chocker

Full

Choice

Fine, excellent

Chunder

To vomit (토하다, 게우다)

Clean as a whistle

Sparkling clean

Clown

Term of abuse, idiot (바보)

Crook

To be ill or unwell. Also means a thief (아프다 또는 도둑놈)

Cuz

Term of address for friend or relative (친구. 친척임을 강조할 때)

Dag

An amusing person, a character

Dork

An idiot or a physically uncoordinated person

Dough

Money

Drive around the bend

Annoy so much you lose your temper

Drongo

A term of abuse, idiot

Dude

A cool or good looking male (멋진 녀석인데)

Fade

Type of hair cut that is very short at the back and over the ears and gradually becomes longer on top

Feed

A meal

Flat tack

At top speed

Foxy, fox

Used to describe a cool or good looking person of either sex

Fully

I agree

G'dday

Greeting meaning hello

Got the blues

Used to describe a sad state of mind (기분이 우울할 때)

Greenie

A conservationist (환경보호주의자)

Gumboots

Waterproof rubber boots (called Wellingtons in Britain) 장화

Grog

Alcohol

Grouse

Fine, excellent, often used to express delight

Hard case

A tough but likeable person, an eccentric person

Hard graft

Hard work

Head over heels

Usually describing somebody who is very very happy (아주 행복한 사람을 지칭할 때)

Heart of gold

Describing a person who is very kind

Hook up

Meet up or join in

Hoon

A noisy person, a lout (시끄러운 사람, 소리가 큰 사람)

In a spin

Usually when too many things happen all at one time or too many choices (한꺼번에 너무 많은 일이 일어날 때, 너무많은 선택을 해야될 때)

Jandals

Rubber sandals or thongs (called flip flops in Britain) 샌달

Joker

A man

Kiwi

New Zealand native bird symbol. New Zealander

Lolly

The usual word for a confection or sweet