SUEZO

in the prime of ~: ~의 전성기에

If you look for this idiom in a dictionary,

you’re most likely to find it with the words “life” or “one’s life.”

이 이디엄을 사전에서 찾아보신다면,

주로 “life” 나 “one’s life” 와 같이 쓰이는 것을 볼 수 있을 겁니다.

Read the two examples below.

아래 두 개의 예시를 보셔요.

Star student died in the prime of his life.

최우수 학생이 삶의 전성기에 숨졌다.

(Source: https://sundial.csun.edu/10458/archive/starstudentkilledintheprimeofhislife/)

My father was in the prime of life when he was diagnosed with cancer.

아버지께서는 인생의 전성기에 암 진단을 받으셨다.

(Source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+the+prime+of+his+life)

Yet, the idiom, “in the prime of,” can be used with other words.

그렇지만 “in the prime of”는 다른 단어들과 함께 쓰일 수 있어요.

Look at the examples below.

아래 예시들을 보셔요.

Dead? Dead? That young Norse God in the prime of his health and strength.

Struck down all in a moment.

Healthy young men didn’t like that, choking over a whiskey and soda….

No, they couldn’t take it in.

죽었어? 죽었다고? 건강과 힘의 전성기에 있던 저 젊은 북유럽 신이.

한 순간에 쓰러져서.

건강한 젊은이는 위스키와 소다를 마시다 목이 메서 죽지 않아…

아니야, 그들은 받아들일 수 없었다.

(Source: “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie Page 68)

He was in the prime of his youth, when the desire of worldly progress

and material comfort and prosperity is strongest in a man's mind.

그의 인생에서 세속적인 출세와 물질적 편안함

그리고 번영에 대한 욕구가 가장 강했을 때가, 그의 젊음의 전성기였다.

(Source: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/sentences-with-the-word/prime_of_his_youth.html)

Not only was he in the prime of his life, but because he came to Congress at such an early age,

he was in the prime of his career as well

너무나도 어린 나이에 국회에 입성했기 때문에,

그는 인생의 전성기뿐만이 아닌 경력의 전성기에도 있었다.

(Source: Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States,

Together with Tributes Presented in Eulogy of John M. Ashbrook,

Late a Representative from Ohio, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session

by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - Page 12 )