Idiomatic expressions Flashcards
- Dull
boring, chato
To be fed up
boring, dull
- Heads or tails
unable to understand smt, unclear, puzzling
- To be up to one’s eyes in
deeply involved or afected by smt
- To solve the riddle
a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer.
to make ends ends meet
manage, surviving, cope
having little to afford living
to set the table
to make a future outcome possible
- To put all your eggs in one basket
to make an effort for smt, not having anything else left
the cream of the crop
cereja no topo do bolo, “o melhor”
to keep your hand in
practising, doing smt to not lose the skill
- To huff and puff
bufar, reclamar de algo sem dizer nada
- To make a splash
to draw attencion in a exciting way
Lolly
lose one´s temper
- Frugality
careful management of material resources and especially money
to squander
expend too much, waste
dire
terrible
- To keep your resolve
staying solid on the commitment you have on smt
- Never-say-die
dont give up
to die down
becoming “weak”
to die out
becoming less frequent, stop existing
- To beaver away
work very hard at smt
- To go over the top
not suitable, too extreme
in arrears
being behind on a debt
in droves
large number of things, ppl,
to spend a small fourtune
spend a large ammount of money
money spinner
smt that brings profit
tighten one´s belt
spend less money because you have less of it
to pay through the nose
paying too much for smt
to be to one´s neck in
) She’s up to her neck in work.
out of one´s depth
situation that is much too difficult to be abled to cope with it
