اصطلاحات مفید و کاربردی در زبان انگلیسی (3)
As plain as day
(مثل روز روشن، كاملا واضح)
I haven’t had a chance to call everyone but it should be as plain as day that the picnic will be canceled due to today’s thunderstorms.
من فرصتى براى تماس با همه نداشتم ولى اين بايد مثل روز روشن مى بود كه پيك نيك به دليل طوفان هاى امروز كنسل خواهد شد.
Day in and day out
Day in and day out, I pass that same woman walking her dog.هر روز من از كنار همان زنى ميگذرم كه با سگش راه ميرود.
A piece of cake
We thought we were going to fail the test, but it turned out to be a piece of cake!ما فكر ميكرديم امتحان را رد ميشويم، ولى برعكس، مثل اب خوردن بود!
Do time
If you keep stealing things, you might ending up doing time one day.
Burst somebody’s bubble
(تو ذوق كسى زدن)
He was so happy about Marrying Emily, I couldn’t burst his bubble.
Learn the rope (learn the basic)
اصول و قاعده را بلد بودن
She’d been in the business for over ten years so she knew the ropes.
Get in Someone’s Hair
(كسى را اذيت كردن)
I can do my chores much more quickly when Sarah isn’t getting in my hair all the time.
Money talks
(پول همه را تحت تاثیر قرار می دهد/ مشکلی نیست که با پول آسان نشود)
Of course she’ll get what she wants. Money talks, doesn’t it?
keep your head above water
(خود را سر پا نگه داشتن)
Olivia has been having a hard time keeping her head above water since she lost her job.
She’s keeping her head above water right now but if she doesn’t find another job soon she’ll have to move back home to her parents’ house.
او اكنون خودش را سرپا نگه داشته است ولى اگر هرچه زودتر كار ديگرى پيدا نكند، مجبور خواهد بود به خانه ى پدر مادرش بازگردد.
Ball is in your court
The entire family has stood by his decision to move to another country but the ball is in his court if he decides to change his mind at the last minute.
دیدگاهتان را بنویسید