- speak/talk out of turn 말할 권리가 없는 것을 말하다
- all told = as a complete total, = 모두 합해서
- pull the plug on 손을 떼다, 중단하다
- get' keep' be/ on one's case about - 에 대해서 자주 뭐라고 하다
- put away 먹어치우다
- at most = at the maximum
- scrape by/ along (on something) = get by 겨우 먹고살다, 최소한의 돈으로 살다
- misfit 부적응자 social misfit
- swagadocious 스웩넘치는
- pact 조약
- turn a blind eye to -이 잘못된 걸 알면서 모른 척 하다
Citizens scrape by in times like this, higher ups need to do something for the ecomomy. But what they do is just making formality pledge, turning a blind eye to this situation. Fianlly they decided to tend to our country, and they set up a formal event for a pact with counterparts of other countries in front of selected national citizens. It seemed pretty successful, so the president made a point of holding such events with some decent amount of citizens. And yesterday one of the people said "I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but what we want is practical movements instead of formality." And all of sudden, today the government announced that they're pulling the plug on this. They complained people have been on their case about whatever they do. Until now, 1,100 people attended to the events all told. And it usually took an hour at most, so it was true that it was pretty useless, it didn't serve more than a small celebration each time. What people expected was probably debations. A friend of mine, who was invited to one of those loved the event, he was able to put away so much of nice food. Probably he gave off some misfit vibes in there. He feels very disappointed since the announcement. Not swagadocious.
"I hope I'm not talking out of turn, but I think we'd see a higher profit margin if we took better care of our employees' benefits."
He lost his job, so the family had to scrape by on one small salary.