General idioms and phrasal verbs

Question 1

nullszaldó

Answer 1

I almost broke even

break even

Question 2

szűkmarkú

Answer 2

Carl is so closefisted

be closefisted

Question 3

költségeket megfelez

Answer 3

We had a date last night and we went Dutch.

go Dutch

Question 4

arannyá válik amihez ér

Answer 4

Jane really has the Midas touch.

have the Midas touch

Question 5

pénzes, tele van pénzzel

Answer 5

A new car again? I think his family is loaded.

be loaded

Question 6

beszáll valamennyivel

hozzátesz valamit

Answer 6

Everyone pitched in with efforts to entertain the children.

• pitch in*
• pitch in with somebody/something*

Question 7

elszórja a pénzt valamire

Answer 7

I splash out on a new IPhone.

• splash out*
• splash out on something*

Question 8

megél valahogy

Answer 8

When I was a student I could only get by.

get by

Question 9

átver; lehúz valakit pénzzel

Answer 9

The taxi driver definitely ripped us off.

rip someone off

Question 10

valamennyibe kerül valakinek

Answer 10

The new laptop I bought set me back $1000 euros

set someone back

Question 11

megédesíti a keserű pirulát

Answer 11

I need to find a way to sugar the pill first.

to sugar the pill

Question 12

őrült, hibbant, elmebeteg

Answer 12

A nutcase american tourist jumped down from Margaret bridge

• nut-case*
• nutcases*

Question 13

mindent nem kaphatsz meg egyszerre

Answer 13

you can’t have your cake and eat it too

Question 14

kikotyog valamit

Answer 14

Her husband accidentally spilled the beans and now everyone knows.

to spill the beans

Question 15

van fontosabb dolog

Answer 15

to have a bigger fish to fry

Question 16

ledolgoz valamit, lemozogja a kaját

Answer 16

I will go for a run later to work off all the ice-cream I had for lunch.

• work off stress*
• work something off*

Question 17

behabzsol, gyorsan bekapkodja a kaját

Answer 17

I bolted down some pizza and left

bolt down food

Question 18

összedob valamit, összecsap munkát

Answer 18

I didn’t feel well so I whipped up an omelette and went to bed

• whip up*
• whip something up*

Question 19

csökkent valamit, lefarag valamiből

Answer 19

I haven’t been feeling well lately, I think I really need to cut back on alcohol.

cut back on something

Question 20

csipeget, majszol

Answer 20

I think she was quite sad, she only picked at her food and couldn’t finish the meal at all.

pick at food

Question 21

kidolgoz, rájön vmire, megold vagy megfejt vmit

Answer 21

We need to work out how we’re going to get there.

work out something

Question 22

tisztáz, kiderít

Answer 22

They never cleared up the mystery of the missing money.

clear up something

Question 23

elsimít (nehézséget)

Answer 23

They met to iron out the details of the contract.

• iron out something*
• iron something out*

Question 24

sarokba szorítva, szorult helyzetbe kerül

Answer 24

I was driven into a corner when I lost my job

drive into a corner

Question 25

italt benyakali, kaját elpuszítani

Answer 25

We polished off 3 bottles Whiskey.

polish off smth

Question 26

kikötöttünk valahol

Answer 26

We winded up polishing off 5 bottles wines.

wind up somewhere / doing smth

Question 27

félvállról kezel valakit, lekezel valakit

Answer 27

A few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder

give someone the cold shoulder

Question 28

kilép valahonnan idő előtt

Answer 28

I have dropped out of the meeting after 1 hour

dropped out of somewhere

Question 29

felületesen foglalkozik valamivel, csinálgat, -get

Answer 29

I am dabbling in Spanish

• dabble with something*
• dabble in something*