의미: cheek

cheek〔OE 「턱, 턱뼈」의 뜻에서〕 n.

1 뺨, 볼
▶ rosy cheeks 발그레한 볼
▶ She kissed him on the cheek. 그녀는 그의 뺨에 키스했다.

2 [pl.] (기구(器具)의) 측면

3 [U] 《구어》 건방진 말[짓, 태도]; 뻔뻔스러움(impudence)
▶ 《cheek+to do》 She had the cheek to ask me to lend her some more money. 뻔뻔스럽게도 그녀는 돈을 더 꾸어 달라고 했다.

4 [보통 pl.] 《속어》 궁둥이

5 【건축】

a 측주(側柱)

b 양쪽 벽의 측면

6 【기계】 (도르래의) 치크 《도르래의 외각(外殼)의 양측면》
cheek by jowl …와 꼭 붙어서; …와 친밀하여 《with》
give a person cheek 《구어》 …에게 건방진 말을 하다
None of your cheek! 건방진 소리 마라!
stick[put] one's tongue in one's cheek ⇒ tongue.
to one's own cheek 《영·구어》 독점하여, 제 전용으로
turn the other cheek (부당한 처우를) 감수하다
━ vt.

1 《영·구어》 …에게 건방지게 말하다, 건방지게 굴다

2 조롱하다
cheek it 뻔뻔스럽게 버티다
cheek up 건방진 말을 하다
cheek·less a.
▷ chéeky a.

cheek 관용구

cheek

sharp reply, sarcasm, lip "When I called Mom a crab, she said, ""No more of your cheek!"""

cheek by jowl

beside, alongside, side by side Jack and James fought cheek by jowl in World War I.

cheeky

rude, impolite, lippy, sassy Tara is too cheeky. She told her mom to stop flirting with men.

tongue in cheek

fooling, joking, kidding Most of what Bob said was tongue in cheek. He was joking.

turn the other cheek

let someone do something to you and not try to get revenge He decided to turn the other cheek when the man tried to start a fight in the restaurant.

cheeks

the buttocks

cheeky monkey

a light-hearted name for a verbally impertinent person

tongue-in-cheek

Idiom(s): tongue-in-cheek

Theme: FUNNY

insincere; joking.
• Ann made a tongue-in-cheek remark to John, and he got mad because he thought she was serious.
• The play seemed very serious at first, but then everyone saw that it was tongue-in-cheek, and they began laughing.

Tongue And Cheek

humor, not to be taken serious.

dance cheek to cheek

dance very close to someone: "Everyone was looking at them dance cheek to cheek."

have a cheek

be disrespectful: "He's got a cheek saying you never help him - I saw you writing his report for him!"

tongue-in-cheek|cheek|tongue

adj. phr. In an ironic or insincere manner. When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university's president said that he was not a psychiatrist, thus making an inappropriate tongue-in-cheek remark.

turn the other cheek|cheek|other cheek|turn

v. phr. To let someone do something to you and not to do it in return; not hit back when hit; be patient when injured or insulted by someone; not try to get even. Joe turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball.

tongue in cheek, with

tongue in cheek, with
Ironically or as a joke, as in Was he speaking with tongue in cheek when he said Sally should run for president? This term probably alludes to the facial expression produced by poking one's tongue in one's cheek, perhaps to suppress a smile. [First half of 1800s]