for the love of the game
2012-03-12
¡á for the love of the game

Refers to playing a game, especially a sport, for the sheer enjoyment of it rather than for another motivation, such as money or fame

(ƯÈ÷ ½ºÆ÷Ã÷¿¡¼­) µ·À̳ª ¸í¼º °°Àº ´Ù¸¥ µ¿±â°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ¼ø¼öÇÏ°Ô ±× ½ºÆ÷Ã÷¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¿­Á¤ µîÀ» À§ÇØ (½ÃÇÕÀ» ÇÏ´Â °Í).

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A: I¡¯ll bet you a hundred dollars that I can beat you at tennis.

B: We don¡¯t have to gamble. Why can¡¯t you just play for the love of the game?

A: ³»°¡ ³Ê¶û Å״Ͻº Ãļ­ ÀÌ±æ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù´Â µ¥ ¹é ´Þ·¯ °É°Ú¾î.

B: ¿Ö ³»±â¸¦ ÇÏÁö. ±×³É °æ±â ÀÚü¸¦ Áñ±æ ¼ö´Â ¾ø´Â °Å´Ï?

 

¡á franchise player

The best player on the team

ÇÑ ±¸´Ü¿¡¼­ °¡Àå ¶Ù¾î³­ ¼±¼ö

ÇÑ ±¸´Ü(franchise)ÀÇ ¿î¸íÀÌ ÇÑ ¸íÀÇ ½ºÅ¸±Þ ¼±¼ö¿¡°Ô ´Þ·Á ÀÖ´Ù´Â Àǹ̿¡¼­ ºñ·ÔµÈ ¿ë¾î. ¼±¼ö ÇÑ ¸íÀÇ ±â·®ÀÌ Àüü ÆÀÀ» »ì¸± ¼öµµ ÀÖÁö¸¸, ÀÌ ¼±¼ö°¡ ºñƲ°Å¸®¸é ¶ÇÇÑ ±× ÆÀµµ ¸ÆÀ» ¸ø Ãâ ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.

A: I think the Cowboys should trade away Smith.

B: Are you crazy? He¡¯s their franchise player!

A: Ä«¿ìº¸À̽º°¡ ½º¹Ì½º¸¦ Æ®·¹À̵å ÇØ¾ß µÇ´Âµ¥.

B: ¹ÌÃÆ¾î? ½º¹Ì½º´Â Ä«¿ìº¸À̽ºÀÇ ´ëµéº¸¾ß!

 

¡á he¡¯s[she¡¯s] got game

Implies that someone is extremely good at whatever he[she] does (though grammatically incorrect, people also say ¡®he/she got game¡¯)

¾î¶² »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¹«¾ùÀ» ±²ÀåÈ÷ ÀßÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ÀǹÌ(¹®¹ýÀûÀ¸·Î Ʋ¸®Áö¸¸ he/she got gameÀ̶ó°íµµ ¸¹ÀÌ ¾´´Ù).

ÀϹÝÀûÀ¸·Î ¸¶ÀÌŬ Á¶´øÀ̳ª ŸÀ̰Š¿ìÁî °°Àº ±â·®ÀÌ ¶Ù¾î³­ ¼±¼ö¸¦ °¡¸®Å³ ¶§ ¸¹ÀÌ ¾²ÀδÙ.

A: Did you see that catch that he made?

B: That was unbelievable! Boy, he¡¯s got game!

A: ±× ¼±¼ö°¡ °ø ³¬¾ÆÃ¤´Â °Å ºÃ¾î?

B: Á¤¸» ¹ÏÀ» ¼ö°¡ ¾ø¾ú¾î! ¾ß, Á¤¸» ´ë´ÜÇÏ´õ¶ó!