Jen: You’re eating kimchi? I thought you didn’t like it at all!
Jason: I didn’t like it when I first tried it. However after eating it a couple of more times, it has grown on me.
Jen: I knew the taste of kimchi would grow on you someday.

본문에서 제가 Jason에게 “You’re eating kimchi? I thought you didn’t like it at all! 너 김치 먹고 있니? 김치는 아예 안 좋아하는 줄 알았어!”라고 묻자, Jason이 “I didn’t like it when I first tried it. However after eating it a couple of more times, it has grown on me. 처음 먹어봤을 때는 좋아하지 않았어. 하지만 몇 번 더 먹으니까 점점 좋아지더라.”라고 대답하는데요.

그러자 저도 “I knew the taste of kimchi would grow on you someday. 너도 언젠가는 김치를 점점 좋아하게 될 줄 알았어.”라고 말합니다. Now keep today’s expression ‘grow on you’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Jen: You’re eating kimchi? I thought you didn’t like it at all!
Jason: I didn’t like it when I first tried it. However after eating it a couple of more times, it has grown on me.
Jen: I knew the taste of kimchi would grow on you someday.

Today’s expression is grow on you. If someone or something grows on you, you like it more and more than you did at first and you appreciate it more. Grow on you 는 무언가가 점점 좋아진다’는 뜻입니다. 그리고 누군가가 점점 좋아질 때도 ‘grow on (somebody)’라는 표현을 쓸 수 있습니다.

Jason은 원래 김치를 좋아하지 않았는데요, 오늘 본문에서 제가 Jason이 김치를 먹는 모습을 보고 놀랍니다. 그러자 Jason이 처음 먹어봤을 때는 좋아하지 않았지만, 몇 번 더 먹으니까 점점 좋아하게 됐다고 말합니다.

“I didn’t like it when I first tried it. However after eating it a couple of more times, it has grown on me.”라고요. 이렇게 무언가 또는 누군가가 점점 좋아질 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 바로 ‘grow on you’입니다.

Now that you know what today’s expression means, let’s listen to the conversation for the last time.

Jen: You’re eating kimchi? I thought you didn’t like it at all!
Jason: I didn’t like it when I first tried it. However after eating it a couple of more times, it has grown on me.
Jen: I knew the taste of kimchi would grow on you someday.

Let’s review what we have learned today. When you begin to like something or somebody more and more, you can say that it’s growing on me. GROW ON YOU. GROW ON ME. GROWING ON HIM/HER. Now try using this expression on your own.