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lost track of time, off the grid, knock/blow one's socks off

# I lost track of time 시간 가는 줄 몰랐어 

to fail to stay aware of the time : to be unaware that so much time has passed

I'm sorry I'm late. I lost track of the time.

 

# off the grid (전기, 가스, 수도 등의) 공공설비를 사용하지 않는, 잠수 탄

 

: not connected to or served by publicly or privately managed utilities (such as electricity, gas, or water)

 

* grid는 격자모양을 말하는데, (전기, 가스 등의) 배전관을 말하기도 해요. 

 

Into the wild(2007) 영화를 말하다가 나온 표현입니다.

 

You were off the gird for eight years. 

You disappeared off the grid. 

 

# knock/blow one's socks off 깜짝 놀라게 하다, 감명 깊다

 

https://7esl.com/clothes-idioms/

옷과 관련된 이디엄들입니다~ 

 

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/278371/origin-of-and-why-knock-the-socks-off

 

Origin of and why "knock" the socks off?

We often hear the subject expression and "knock someone's socks off" and it is not difficult to understand what it means. The Link shows what it means and how it originated: Overwhelm, beda...

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