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.”
Ho un vuoto di memoria
Senior moment
“I had another senior moment yesterday.”
In che cosa sei laureato?
What is you degree in?
Essere giù di corda
Under the weather
“You look a little under the weather there.”
Mantenere la calma
To rein in (my/that) temper
“You’d better rein in that temper of yours”
far perdere i nervi
to set someone’s teeth on edge
“that would set my teeth on edge.”
