Jon & Amy : Lesson 10. The Girls Go Shopping

No.	Expressions/idioms	Explanations
1	Shop till one drops	To shop until one is too tired to move . I’m glad you came shopping with me.  // Me too. Let’s shop till we drop! . Jane really like shopping. She always shop till I drop.
2	Pick out	To choose . I need to pick out something to wear on my next date. . What color of dress do you want to pick out?
3	Not have the foggiest idea	To not know, to have no answer : 어렴풋이 알지 못하겠어. (1도 모르겠어) . Which one do you think I have to buy?  // I haven’t the foggiest idea.
4	Window-shop	To look at the items in a store’s window . Let’s window-shop first. . She has not enough money. So, she geso to shopping mall to window-shop.
5	Out of the question	Impossible . How much is this pants. // it’s $400. // What? It’s out of question. . Would you mind if I smoke here?  // That’s out of question. This area is non-smoking.
6	Pay through the nose	To pay too much for s/t . Why didn’t you buy it?  // It’s top dollar. I can’t pay through the nose. . This product is all the rage. To buy it, I have to pay through the nose.
7	Spend a fortune	To pay a large amount of money . He won the lottery. He spent a fortune to buy a new good-looking house.
8	Knock one’s socks off	To give s/o a pleasant surprise . She bought a new dress to knock her boyfriend’s sock’s off. . My children saved money and bought a gift and gave it to their mom. They knocked her sock’s off.
9	Check it out	To see, to examine . These jeans look nice. Let’s go in and check it out.
10	Try on	To put on clothes to see if they fit . Can I try this on?