ビジネス英語口語表現702:loan shark
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Today’s lesson of colloquial expression
702. loan shark 高利貸し
- a loan shark is someone who lends out money at extremely high interest rates.
1. Tim got into trouble once he started going to loan sharks to pay off his gambling debts.
2. Many people who have bad credit are unable to take out loans from banks, and so they go to loan sharks when they need money.