I am so sorry! I'm late. My alarm did not  go off.

알람이 울리지 않았어요. 라는 표현은 영어로

"My alarm didn't go off." 라고 합니다.

go off에 "off"라는 말이 포함되기 떄문에,

go off를 알람이 "꺼지다" 로 잘못 이해할 수도 있지만,

"go off"는 알람이 소리를 내는 것을 의미 합니다.

그래서 알람이 울리지 "않았어요" 라고 할때는

My alarm did not go off! 라고 해야합니다.

그럼, "go off"가 사용되는 표현을 좀 더 알아봅시다.

The phrase "go off" is an idiom and has many meanings.

#1: The alarm will go off at 6 AM.
This means that the alarm will make a sound at 6 AM.

#2: I have a schedule to go off of, so I need to leave in 10 minutes.
This means "to refer to" or "to adhere to."

#3: The gun just went off, so I did not mean for the gun to go off.
This means he pulled the trigger and the gun fired.

#4: My teacher told me that I have gone off the deep end of the pond if I think I don't need to do my homework.
To "go off the deep end of the pond" or "go off the deep end" means "to go crazy."

#5: Sorry I was yelling, I did not mean to go off on you like that.
This is similar to the gun idiom, but it means "to get angry and yell" or "to become enraged."

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