16 Flashcards
Still digging
Who is behind this
(We’re) still digging
(Hala) öğrenmeye çalışıyoruz
I’m just passing through
Sadece geçiyordum
Put my one’s foot down
“Look, I’m gonna put my foot down”
Ayak diremek
Quick sidebar
Özel olarak konuşabilir miyiz?
The facilities
“Do you need to use the facillities, Mr Bob? Go number Two”
Tuvalet
(Kibar olmak için kullanılır)
Go number two
Büyük tuvaleti gelmek
Beat it
Toz ol
Kirişi kır
. Go away; leave me alone. Usually used as an imperative.
Beat it, little brother—I’ve got things to do.
What are you kids doing on my lawn? Beat it!
2. To leave a place quickly.
We need to beat it before the cops get here!
old school
old-schoolideas/traditions
Eski usul
Eski moda
He was very old-school in hisapproachtomanagement.
Pontificate
I try not to do this myself. But I cringe when I see someone who is an expert in field X release a video, podcast, blog post, book, interview, in which they pontificate on a topic belonging to field Y, of which they are not experts. We are all entitled to our opinions, but…
:to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way
//He does not pontificate about whether one ought to choose, if forced to it, to betray one’s country rather than one’s friends… —Robin W.Winks
Better luck next time
Bir dahaki sefere (artık)
No such luck
Nerde (bende o şans)
Woe is me
Vay başıma gelenler
anironicorhumorousexclamationofsorrowordistress.
said toexpresshowunhappyyou are:
I’mcoldandwetand I don’t have enoughmoneyfor thebushome. Ohwoeis me!
Bless your heart
Ah canım benim ya, ne kadar safsın
Do you happen to
…where he is
Acaba
Acaba, nerde olduğunu biliyor musun?
I wonder
simmer down
to become calm or peaceful
Sakinleşmek
the whole nine yards
“send in the troops, aircraft, nuclear submarine experts, the whole nine yards”
everything possible or available
= very thing you canpossiblywant, have, or do in aparticularsituation:
When I was little, myfamilyalways hadlotsofpets-dogs,cats,hamsters,fish,rabbits- thewholenineyards.
Theweatherwasterriblebut Iwantedtogothewholenineyardsand get to thetopof themountain.
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A dime a dozen
“experts in this field are a dime a dozen”
Bini bir para
very common and of no particular value.
“experts in this field are a dime a dozen”
Give someone the ax(e)
“The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.”
Tekmeyi vurmak, kovmak
=to dismiss (someone) from a job: to fire (someone)
= To dismiss one from one’s job; to fire one.
The boss is going to give me the axe if he finds out that printing error was my fault.
get under way
“The Democratic convention gets underway tomorrow in Chicago”
= to begin to happen:
- To proceed or begin to progress; to start.
“OK, everyone, let’s get under way—you have an hour to complete the exam.”
“I’m sure you can ask your question once the lecture gets under way.”
- To cause something to proceed or begin to progress; to start something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between “get” and “under.
“We’re just waiting for Martha before we get the meeting under way.”
heavy-handed
Will Turkey’s Elections Be Free and Fair? | MEI’s @gonultol shares her insights in @washingtonpost: “What does this tell us about elections in Turkey? That they are popular and fraud is not, making heavy-handed election fraud risky for Erdogan.”
= Overly blunt, forceful, or tactless.
“We need to find a way of teaching this to kids without being heavy-handed.
I don’t approve of their heavy-handed parenting style, but it’s not for me to criticize.”
really something
Çok başkaydı, harikaydı
Amazing very special
= Something else
around the corner
yakında, eli kulağında
= very near.
“there’s a chemist around the corner”
= about to happen.
“the commander was claiming that peace was just around the corner”
Rigged
Hileli, şikeli
Cast a vote/ballot
Oy vermek
Drive on shoulder
Emniyet şeridinden gitmek
Get a traffic ticket
Trafik cezası yemek
Overtake
Sollamak
weave in and out of traffic
Makas atmak (trafikte)
eat your heart out
çatla da patla kıskançlıktan
Gone but not forgotten
Kalbimizde yaşıyor
