28 Flashcards
What took you so long?
Nerede kaldın?
Do you mind?
Sakıncası var mı?
It’s the least I can do
Elimden gelen bu kadar
Go to extra mile
Gerekenden fazlasını yapmak
In the blink of an eye
Göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar
So to speak
Öyle de denebilir
Lafın gelişi?
Take a raincheck
Bir dahaki sefere
Bearer of bad news
Felaket tellalı
Lay low
Dikkat çekmemek
Out with it
Dökül bakalım
Shake it off
Takma kafana
Here goes nothing
Hadi hayırlısı
Gotcha
Seni anladım
I hear you
Anlıyorum
I kid you not
Şaka yapmıyorum, şaka değil
(k) = I shit you not
= I’m not even kidding
Button it
Ağzını kapa (sus) artık
Do time
Hapse girmek
It never occured to me.
Hiç fark etmedim.
Will wonder never cease
“Lynda actually managed to get up before ten o’clock. Wonders never cease!”
Bak sen şu işe
Bir yaşıma daha girdim
= anexpressionofsurpriseused when somethingunusualorunexpectedhappens:
“Lyndaactuallymanagedto get up before ten o’clock. Wonders nevercease!”
once bitten, twice shy
Sütten ağzı yanan yoğurdu üfleyerek yer
= said when you arefrightenedto do something again because you had anunpleasantexperiencedoing it the firsttime
Chock-a-block
Tıklım tıklım
by any chance
acaba, bir ihtimal
happen to
Tesadüfen yapmak
Tesadüfen oldu
- find or come across by chance.
“I happened on a street with a few modest restaurants”
It’s the other way around
Tam tersi
Bear in mind
Aklına kazı
No strings attached
Şartsız şurtsuz
To each his own
“I’m not personally a fan of model trains, but each to their own”
Zevkler ve renkler tartışılmaz
= One has a right to one’s personal preferences, as in I’d never pick that color, but to each his own.
can’t make heads or tails of something
“I couldn’t make heads or tails of her reaction.”
“His handwriting was so bad that wecouldn’t make heads or tails out ofit.”
Hiç anlamıyorum, aklım almıyor
= to not beabletounderstandsomething:
“I can’t makeheadnortailof theseinstructionson thepacket.”
Suave
“Before his Aids diagnosis, he had been so many other things: A-list hunk, suave romcom star and all-round Mr America.”
hoş tavırlı ve rahat, kendinden emin
= charming, confident, and elegant (typically used of a man).
“all the waiters were suave and deferential”
Hunk
“Before his Aids diagnosis, he had been so many other things: A-list hunk, suave romcom star and all-round Mr America.”
boylu boslu, yakışıklı adam
= a large, strong, sexually attractive man.
“a Hollywood hunk”
