23 Flashcards
It goes without saying
Söylemeye gerek yok
Bearer of bad news
Felaket tellalı
Better safe than sorry
Eşeği sağlam kazığa bağla
Lay low
Dikkat çekmemek
What’s the hold up?
Neyi bekliyoruz?
I beg to differ
Maalesef aynı görüşte değilim
Have a heart!
El insaf!
Steal someone’s thunder
“Sandy stole my thunder when she announced that she was pregnant two days before I’d planned to tell people about my pregnancy.”
Dikkati kendi üzerine çekmek
= to do what someoneelsewas going to do before they do it,especiallyif thistakessuccessorpraiseaway from them:
To more the merrier
“Do you mind if I bring a couple of friends to your party?”
“Not at all - the more the merrier!”
Ne kadar çok o kadar iyi
= the more people or things there are, the better a situation will be.
= used to say anoccasionwill be moreenjoyableif a lot ofpeopleare there:
What goes around comes around
“Russ picked on me back in high school, and now he has his own bully. What goes around comes around.”
Eden bulur
Ne ekersen onu bulursun
= One’s actions or behavior will eventually have consequences for one, even if indirectly. The phrase typically refers to one being a victim of the same negative circumstances that they have inflicted on others.
look what the cat dragged in!
Bak sen kimler gelmiş
Hold your horses
Sakin ol
Bekle biraz
Those are the breaks
That’s the breaks
Kaderin cilvesi işte
this is the way life is and there is nothing you can do about it.
” Some days you don’t play so well, but that’s the breaks. “
Upshot
“The upshot is that it’s not only obesity that drives bad health outcomes; it’s metabolic dysfunction. ”
Outlive
Peter Attia, MD
Sonuç
Doggy bag
(Restorandan) artan yiyecek paketi
Don’t quote me on that
Benden duymuş olma
Fit for a king/queen
Krallara layık
Don
Sırtına geçirmek, kuşanmak, giymek
One off
Roni was a one-off and I miss him already. He was a PhD student of mine and became a very good friend and comrade over the years. So many good memories both in the U.K. and in Turkey!
Bir kereye mahsus
on time
zamanında
= at the right time
in time
early enough
Tried and true
“you’ll be following the same tried-and-true formula as other successful businesses”
Tecrübeyle sabit
Test edildi, onaylandı
= denoting something that has proven in the past to be effective or reliable.
I’m not into that
Benlik değil
= a slightly more polite way to say “I don’t like that”, while “I am not really into it” is a slightly more polite way of saying “I’m not interested in that”.7 Ara 2020
Nurse
Emzirmek
While you’re at it
“I’m going to the store to buy a newspaper.” “While you’re at it, could you get some milk?”
Hazır elin değmişken
You had one job!
A: “Oh no, I forgot the cake!”
B: “You had one job, Tiffany!”
Hay senin yapacağın işe!
= A phrase used to express one’s frustration that someone or something has failed at the main or sole task they were responsible for, especially when that task seems very easy or fundamental.
There ought to be a law
“There ought to be a law against cutting off power supplies in the middle of February.”
Ayıp denen bir şey var
= used to say that you do not think something should be accepted or allowed
Like two peas in a pod
Bir elmanın iki yarısı
in deep water
“he landed in deep water when he began the affair”
Zor durumda, başı belada
= in trouble or difficulty
drop the ball
“I really dropped the ball on this one”
= make a mistake;mishandle things.
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