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빌이 사업에 실패했어.
A
: Word on the grapevine says
빌이 사업에 실패했어.
B
: It wasn’t all his doing. We’ve got a rough economy.
A
: People getting tight fisted doesn’t help.
B
: No, but they’ve got to prioritize their spending.
A
:
Bill lost his business.
소문이 들리던데.
B
: 빌이 잘못해서 그런 것만은 아니야. 경기가 안 좋잖아.
A
: 사람들이 돈을 움켜쥐고 인색하게 구는 게 경기 회복에 도움이 안돼.
B
: 그렇긴 하지만 이럴 때 일수록 사람들은 어디에 꼭 돈을 써야 할 지 아닌지 정하게 되지.
[Additional expressions]
*Word on the grapevine says
? According to the latest rumors / I’ve heard by word-of-mouth
*Bill lost his business.
? Bill’s business went bankrupt. / The business that Bill had went under.
*It wasn’t all his doing.
? It’s not completely his fault. / He’s only partially to blame.
*We’ve got a rough economy.
? The economy is pretty tough right now. / Our economy is pretty depressed.
*People getting tight fisted
? People not being willing to spend money / Everybody hoarding money
*doesn’t help
? isn’t helpful / won’t benefit us / won’t fix all the problems
*they’ve got to prioritize their spending
? they have to be careful about how they spend their money
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