뜻：I don’t understand what he is trying to say. It all sounds mad to me
상용례：I am not sure what he/she is on about
what are you on about?
예문：
Couldn’t understand what he was on about.
(그 사람 무슨 말을 하는지 통모르겠어)
Conversation 1
A: How is your new job?
B: Oh the job is ok, but I have a bit of a problem with the manager.
A: Really, what’s the problem?
B: He has a really strong accent so I am not sure what he is on about half of the time.
A: Oh that’s not good, you should ask him to speak a bit slower.
B: I thought about that, but I don’t want him to think that my English isn’t very good.
A: 새 일은 좀 어때?
B: 응, 일은 괜찮은데 매니저하고 좀 문제가 있어.
A: 정말 뭐가 문젠데?
B:그사람 억양이 정말 강해서 반이상 무슨 말을 하는지 잘 모겠어.
A: 아, 그건 좋지 않군. 조금 천천히 말하도록 부탁하는 게 좋아.
B: 그것도 생각해봤는데 내 영어가 좋지 않다고 생각하게 하기가 싫어.
Conversation 2
A: Oh god no…
B: Huh?
A: How could he?
B: What?
A: And with her…
B: Who?
A: I’m going to kill him
B: Wait, what are you on about?
A: My boyfriend
B: What? Slow down.
A: I found my boyfriend kissing the girl from the club with the short skirt.
B: Ah, I see…
A: 아유、、세상에、、
B: 응？
A: 어떻게 그럴 수가、、、
B: 뭐？
A: 하필이면 걔하고、、
B: 누구？
A: 죽여버릴거야.
B: 잠깐만, 무슨 말을 하는거야？
A: 내 남자 친구말이야.
B: 뭐？진정해！
A: 남자친구가 클럽에서 미니스커트 입은 애랑 키스하는 걸 봤어.
B: 아, 그랬구나,,,
Conversation 3
There you go, it’s a bit tricky to fit in to conversations and make people understand the conversation, and otherwise it would be
A: jhfbkvfnvknmmph
B: Huh?
A: ljegfouhefojk kufhlem clhf jewf klju4 oirkn
B: What are you on about?
B: 어?
A: 아유라ㅓ낼마ㅓㅇ렂ㄷ롸ㅡㅡㄴㅣ머리지니ㅏㅜ
B: 무슨 말을 하는 거야?
(callan book stage 8, 721p）
