Expressions Flashcards
A place away from the busiest routes
A place that is off the beaten track
beaten track = sentiero battuto, sentiero segnato
Are you a morning person or a night one?
Are you an early bird or a night owl?
Ce l’ho sulla punta della lingua
It’s right on the tip of my tongue.
Essere golosi di dolci/salato
To have a sweet/salt tooth
Regola pratica, empirica
Rule of thumb
““The rule of thumb is you want to get three to four times a week exercise
Essere positivi
To see the glass half full
To be able to see the silver lining
E’ un bel trucchetto, trucco del mestiere
That’s a nice trick of a trade
Come il giorno e la notte
like chalk and cheese
Culo e camicia
1 two peas in a pod”
“Those two were peas in a pod.”
2 buddy-buddy”
3 thick as thieves (in a conspiracy way)
Avere fegato
To be gutsy
Essere pignolo su una questione
Split hairs/ hair-splitter
“I appreciate you wanting to split hairs for me, but I don’t know.”
- How are you? - “I’m in the pink”
“In piena salute”
Postpone/put off
To take a rain check
“I think we should take a rain check on our afternoon.”
da voci di corridoio
Through the grape vine
“Bracken must have heard about what they were doing through the grapevine.”
Che ti piaccia o no
Like it or lump it
“Like it or lump it, we’ll do what we like. So just get used to it, world.”