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what’s the idiomatic way to say “Keep your back straight and don’t hunchback”?
2019년 4월 27일 오전 3:17
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"Don't slouch" as Sheila and Nanren suggest is a very common one. "Don't hunch" as Nanren said also. It sounds a little harsher then "Don't slouch", but I remember being told this as a kid.
2019년 4월 27일
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Chin up! Although this also often applies to emotions (be happy, don't be so depressed and miserable); it also sometimes applies literally to a slouching posture, especially in the realms of dance and combat training. There are more clear and literal ways of saying it (eg: back straight; don't slouch) but they're neither trendy nor metaphoric thus I don't think they qualify as idiomatic. I don't think there's any really popular English idioms that apply to this scenario.
2019년 4월 27일
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Stand up (or sit up) straight and don't slouch.
2019년 4월 27일
Posture! Mind your posture. don't hunch, may be what you were looking for, but Sheila's slouch is better.
2019년 4월 27일
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