33 Flashcards
Walk through
Adım adım göstermek
outlay
“The men who were successful in the elections had the chance to recoup their outlay, legally or illegally, with some of the perks of office.”
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
= an amount of money spent on something.
“a modest outlay on local advertising”
= v. expend (an amount of money) on something.
“they are outlaying a significant amount on monthly bills”
While you’re at it
Hazır elin değmişken
Hazır ayaktayken
sanctimony
“We insist that comedians respect our sacrosanct ideals—and pray that they skewer our sanctimony. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.”
Dindarlık taslama
= affected or hypocritical holiness
Skewer
“We insist that comedians respect our sacrosanct ideals—and pray that they skewer our sanctimony. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.”
Şişe geçirmek
= to criticize or ridicule sharply and effectively
Madcap
Zıpır
Ele avuca sığmaz
Delişmen
Deli fişek
= marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness
tag along
“I don’t know her, she just tagged along with us.”
Peşine takılmak
= to go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them:
“I don’t know her, she just tagged along with us.”
inlet
Haliç, koy
agree with
“You look well - the mountain air must agree with you.”
iyi gelmek
= If a situation or new conditions agree with you, they make you feel healthy and happy:
“You look well - the mountain air must agree with you.”
Don’t bottle it up
“Feelings that had been bottled up for years came flooding out.”
İçine atma
grow on someone/something
“I didn’t like him at first, but he’s starting to grow on me.”
Gittikçe sevmek
= to become more appealing to (someone) as time passes.
” Try the drink again—it grows on you.”
What’s your take on it
Bu konuda düşüncen ne?
hash something out
“You two hash out the details of the presentation.”
Çözüme, açıklığa kavuşturmak
= to discuss something carefully and completely in order to reach an agreement or decide something
twaddle
Zırva
1a: silly idle talk : DRIVEL
b: something insignificant or worthless : NONSENSE
//that idea is pure twaddle
walk on eggshells
“I was always on eggshellswhen my family came to stay.”
= to be very careful about what you say or do to someone because they are easily upset or offended.
walk out on
“You can’t afford to walk out on your job.”
= to suddenly end your relationship or involvement with someone or something:
= depart or leave suddenly or angrily.
“he had walked out in a temper”
2.
= go for walks when courting or dating someone.
“you were walking out with Tom”
scupper
“If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans.”
Mahvetmek, batırmak
= to defeat or put an end to
= To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil it completely.
[mainly British, journalism]
Dingus
1informal : an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : GADGET
//In his [Dashiell Hammett’s] writings of the period from 1924 to 1952, “dingus” signifies, variously, a magician’s prop, a typewriter, a short story, a novel, and an elusive artifact, a black bird better known as the Maltese Falcon.
— Mark McGurl
All that glitters is gold
Her şey göründüğü gibi
don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Doğmamış çocuğa don biçilmez
Dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvama
it takes one to know one
“You say she’s a terrible cook? It takes one to know one!”
Er kişi herkesi kendisi gibi bilirmiş
= The person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized.
