13 Flashcards
Better safe than sorry
Eşeğini sağlam kazığa bağlamak
Definition of (it’s) better (to be) safe than sorry
—used to say that it is better to be careful now so that problems do not occur later onIt’s probably not necessary to check the figures again, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Check over
To double check
Nip something in the bud
= to stop (something) immediately so that it does not become a worse problem
(deyim) Yılanın başını küçükken ezeceksin
“Inflation will only get worse if the government doesn’t do something right now to nip it in the bud.”
Get wind of something
Bir söylentiyi duymak, haber almak, kokusunu duymak
= you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
“I don’t want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage.”
go on a wild goose chase
Olmayacak bir şeyin peşinden koşmak
= a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable.
“physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase”
Venal
The heatwaves and wildfires leave us overwhelmed with grief and anxiety, but they should also trigger outrage and action against the venal political class that has knowingly brought us to this point.
Jason Hickel
yiyici
{s}rüşvetyiyen,satınalınır
{s}rüşvetalan
:capableofbeingboughtorobtainedformoneyorothervaluableconsideration:PURCHASABLE
especially:opentocorruptinfluenceandespeciallybribery:MERCENARY//avenallegislator
Run through
Hızlıca okumak, göz atmak
get off to a rocky start
to start badly.
” The relationship got off to a rocky start when he turned up late for their first date.”
not out of the woods yet
If something or someone is not out of the woods yet,they are still having difficulties or problems. [informal]
(be) in over your head
=to become or be deeply involved in a situation which is too difficult for you to deal with.
“He realized that he was in over his head, and that only his family could help him.”
seasoned
deneyimli
O deneyimli bir dedektif.-He’s a seasoned investigator.
Cut the cheese
Who cut the cheese?
Gaz çıkarmak
Osurmak
Big cheese
Kodaman, önemli kişi
Bring home the bacon
Ev geçindirmek, eve ekmek getirmek, başarmak
- supply material support.
“I have to go to work because it brings home the bacon”
- achieve success.
“you don’t have to be in a high-tech industry to bring home the bacon”
= toearnmoneyfor afamilytoliveon:
“I can’tsitaround allday- someone’s got tobringhomethebacon.”
Pop the question
“Karl is about to pop the question”
Evlenme teklif etmek
Sleep on it
“You’ve heard my offer. Why don’t yousleep on itand let me know what you decide.”
Sabah ola hayrola
bir gece düşünmek
Sen bunu biraz daha düşün
delay making a decision on something until the following day.
“I’m going tosleep on ittonight, and I’ll make the decision tomorrow”
= to think more about something overnight and make a decision about it later
Put er’ there
El sıkılaşalım
Toka yapalım
= Typically said as a greeting or in agreement to a deal. (“‘Er” is a colloquial shortening of “her.”)
A: “That’s my final offer for the computer.” B: “I wish I could get more for it, but you win. Put ‘er there!” Put ‘er there, pal! I haven’t seen you in a donkey’s age!
Get the lead out
Çabuk ol
move or work more quickly.
“Get the lead out! If we don’t leave in five minutes we’ll be late for the movie!”
Get out of
“I need to get out of babysitting my little brother so I can go with you guys to the beach”
= Cancel/break a commitment
“I need to get out of babysitting my little brother so I can go with you guys to the beach”
= contrive to avoid or escape a duty or responsibility.
“they wanted to get out of paying”
Set off on
= start a new adventure
“It’s time to set off on our road trip”
= begin a journey
“they set off together in the small car”
Bump/run into
= to accidently see someone you know
“We bumped into our old science teacher at the mall”
Sort out
“after two hours we finally sorted out the problem with my credit card”
= Fix a problem, correct a mistake
“after two hours we finally sorted out the problem with my credit card”
Level with me
Benimle açık konuş
Figure of speech
Lafın gelişi
Shake it off!
Takma kafana
Pet peeve
“one of my biggest pet peeves is poor customer
A particular annoyance to someone
= something that a particular person finds especially annoying.
“one of my biggest pet peeves is poor customer
get a life
işin gücün yok mu
infmlstopbeing soboringorannoyingand do something moreinteresting:
Davekepttryingtotellme what to do, and I just told him to get alife.
Moniker
Lakap
profiteering
That bank is profiteering. A 70% interest rate is way too high.
making large, unfair profits
They charged $20 for a drink at the concert. That’s just profiteering!
Sure thing
Tabi ki, hay hay
