27 Flashcards
Lie in state
“Mama Corleone lies in state. Fredo
and Connie embrace and as they walk away from the casket Fredo encounters Neri”
= of the corpse of a person of national importance) be laid in a public place of honour before burial.
“the candlelit chapel where the king’s body lay in state”
Up for the grabs
“The job was still up for grabs.”
Herkese açık
Available
Snitch
İspiyoncu
What’s the catch?
Olayı nedir?
Karşılığında ne istiyorsun?
= is a retort when one believes that an offer is too good to be true. One may ask what’s the catch? if he believes that a situation or deal is being presented on its best face and that problems or drawbacks are being hidden.
Charley horse
Kramp
What are you getting at?
Nereye varmaya çalışıyorsun?
what have you been smoking?
Neyin kafasını yaşıyorsun?
Tatletale
İspiyoncu
Nothing fancy
Ahım şahım / abartılacak bir şey yok
Pipe down
“pipe down, will you, I’m on the phone”
Sus artık
= stop talking; be less noisy.
I’m very cross with you
Sana çok kızgınım
I’m at the end of my tether!
Canıma tak etti!
Bite your tongue!
Ağzından yel alsın!
Like he owns the place
Sanki babasının yeri
Go against the grain
Beklenenin tersini yapmak
Burn the midnight oil
Sabaha kadar çalışmak
Fish or cut bait
“when it comes to flagging brands, companies are being forced to fish or cut bait”
Lafı bırak icraata geçelim
= stopvacillatingand decide to act on ordisengagefrom something.
Steer clear
“steer clear of fatty food”
Sakınmak
-den uzak durmak
glut
“there isa glut of cars on the market”
Bolluk
Arz fazlası
= anexcessively abundant supply of something
“the roads are glutted with cars”
Give me a buzz
Ara beni
I told you in a confidence
Aramızda kalacaktı
Sana bunu sır olarak söylemiştim
Apply yourself
Kendini ver
Keep it under your hat
Kimseye söyleme
First things first
Her şeyin bir sırası var
Get a room
Odanıza gidin
Uluorta yiyişmeyin
I don’t see why not
Bence bir mahsuru yok
Don’t mind me
Sen bana bakma
Sen bana aldırma
sleight of hand
“But as Spinoza approached maturity, Menasseh’s beguilingly smooth, systematic resolution of all difficulties in the Hebrew he came to view more as a sleight of hand than genuine, satisfactory exegesis.”
= manual dexterity, typically in performing conjuring tricks.
“a nifty bit of sleight of hand got the ashtray into the correct position”
= skilful deception.
“this is financial sleight of hand of the worst sort”
proceedings
“…. just as occurred in the cases of Uriel da Costa and De Prado where much of this material does survive, providing some indication of how the proceedings would have gone. “
Kovuşturma, Takibat
Olaylar, olup bitenler
1 : legal action
//a divorce proceeding
2 : PROCEDURE
3 proceedings plural : EVENTS, HAPPENINGS
4 : TRANSACTION
What’s eating you?
Canını sıkan ne?
Hang in there
Sık dişini
