Idioms Flashcards

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1
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میخواستم زمین دهن باز کنه برم توش

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I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me

I wish the ground would open up and swallow me

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کسی را دیدن ولی متوجه اون نشدن یا بی توجهی کردن بهش

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look right/straight through s.o

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کسی را وقتی بهت احتیاج داره قال گذاشتن

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leave s.o in the lurch

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شرایط را برای کسی بدتر کردن

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give s.o a hard/rough/tough time

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همه چیز را تحت کنترل داشتن

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keep a lid on sth

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هر از چند گاهی

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every now and then
from time to time

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7
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(خیلی خودت رو درگیر نکردن (چه از لحاظ زندگی، چه قیافه

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let (yourself) go

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8
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از کاه کوه ساختن

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make a mountain out of a molehill

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مهم نیست! / کاری نکردم (جواب مودبانه در قبال معذرت خواهی)

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think nothing of it

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10
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استراکچر برای گفتن صفت

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so + adj + that
( the view was so beautiful that)

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11
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بغض گلو را گفتن

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have/bring/be a lump to my throat

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12
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نهایت استفاده رو از چیزی کردن

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make the most of it
take the full advantage of sth

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13
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معلوم نیست چی بشه/ تکلیفش مشخص نیست

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To be hanging in balance

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14
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در ریسک بودن

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To be at stake

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15
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غیر مهم شدن

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Fade/pale into insignificance

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16
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رنگت پریده!

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You got paled

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17
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اصلا بهش فکر نکردیم/ دیگه تو مخیلمونم نگنجید

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We wouldn’t dream of …

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18
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تعطیلاتمون رو خراب کرد

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It spoiled our holiday

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19
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تمرین سنگین کردن

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take vigorous exercise

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20
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باید میانه را بگیری

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You have got to strike the balance

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21
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برنامه اناسب اندام شخصی رو دنبال کن

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Follow a personal fitness program

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22
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ببچسب به برنامه

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Stick to the plan / program

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23
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فیت بودن

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Keep fit
Keep in shape

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24
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همینجا بمون

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Stay put

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25
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خوبم / سرحالم

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Fit as a fiddle
Pink of health
Full of beans

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26
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حالم خوب نیست

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I’m under the weather

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27
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بیماری که منتهی به مرگ میشه

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Terminally ill

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28
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درد شدید و غیر قابل تحمل

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Excruciating / unbearable pain (n.)

(She suffers excruciating / unbearable pain most of the time)

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29
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بیماری لاعلاج

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Incurable illness

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30
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بیماری کوچیک و غیرمهم

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Trivial / minor ailment

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31
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بیماری جدی

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Serious illness

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32
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خیلی جدی (چیزی که زندگی رو تهدید کنه)

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Life-threatening

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33
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(.Adj) درد شدید

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Acutely / intensely painful

(It was acutely painful)

34
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درد مزمن (دردی که هست ولی از کار و زندگی نمیندازتت)

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Dull ache

35
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تجویز قرص / دارو

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Prescribe (some) tablets / medicine

36
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تسکین درد / کاهش درد

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Alleviate / relieve pain

37
Q

کاهش فقر / بهبود فقر

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Alleviate poverty

38
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عباراتی که با relieve میشه استفاده کرد

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Relieve pain / stress / tension / depression

39
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مریض شد

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Was taken ill

40
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سرماخوردگی شدید

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(Have a) Heavy cold

41
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سر درد خیلی شدید (سر دردی که به دو قسمت تقسیمت میکنه)

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Splitting headache

42
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سرما خوردگی کوچیک

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Slight cold

43
Q

استرس دارم

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I’m stressed out

I’m a bag of stress / nerves

44
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با صورت افتادن

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Fall down on my face

45
Q

تعادل رو از دست دادن

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Loose balance

46
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غافلگیر شدن و در شرایطی قرار گرفتن که آمادگیش نبوده

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To be caught napping

47
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مچ گرفته شدن

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To be caught

48
Q

بر خلاف نظر و عقیده دیگران کاری کردن

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(To be) going out on a limb

Limb شاخه درخت

49
Q

تنها بودن (از نظر عقیده‌ای)

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To be out on a limb

50
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شجاعت میخواهد

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It takes courage

51
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اغوا شدن

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Lead stray

(Sarah is easily led stray by others)

52
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هم خدا رو میخواد هم خرما رو

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Have your cake and eat it too

53
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با یک دست دو هندونه برداشتن

چوب دو سر طلا

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Fall between two stools (on the ground)

54
Q

وقتی همه برنامه‌ریزی‌ها و کارها انجام شده

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When all is said and done

55
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ساکت شدن

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Pipe down

56
Q

گوشش بدهکار نیست

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(Like) water off a duck’s back

57
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رک و تلخ حرف زدن

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Call a spade a spade

58
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بیخیال شدن، دست نزده باقی گذاشتن

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Leave well alone

59
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صحیح و سالم

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Safe and sound

60
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ریسک نکن

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Play it safe
Avoid risks

61
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از بیخ گوش رد شدن / از فلان جا آوردن

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Have a narrow escape

62
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نزدیک بوووود (چیزی اتفاق بیفته)

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It was about to do sth

63
Q

دقیقه ۹۰ موفق سدن

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Do sth by the skin of your teeth

64
Q

وقتی چیزی یا کسی انقدر بهت نزدیک هست که باعث نگرانی و ترست میشه

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Rather / too close for comfort

(That bus came a little too close for comfort)
(His mother lives in the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort)

65
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To allow very little time for sth

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Cut it/things fine

(She got to the gate 10 minutes before her flight, so she was cutting it very fine)

66
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چیزی که باعث میشه احساس خطر کنی

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Sth sets alarm bells ringing

67
Q

جونت رو کف دست گرفتن

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Take your life in(to) your hands

68
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جونت کف دست دیگری بودن

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Your life is in s.o’s hands
Put life in hands of s.o

69
Q

لب تیغ بودن / به گوز بند به چس پیوند

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Hanging by a thread
To be on a knife-edge

70
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خیلی سریع و زیاد

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Hand over fist

(You are gonna be making money hand over fist)

71
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هزینه زیادی داشتن

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Cost a fortune

(This must’ve cost him a fortune)

72
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تموم کردن یک رابطه

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Dump s.o

73
Q

بر خلاف موج حرکت کردن

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Go against the tide

74
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To be free from obligation and trouble

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Off the hook

75
Q

انگار تو ک*نش عروسیه

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Like a dog with two tails

76
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خیلی سخته
(It causes s.o a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work)

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(It is) Too much of a burden

Burden on my shoulder / shoulder the burden
(This prize has put a heavy burden on my shoulders because I have to prove, at least to myself, that I deserved this)

77
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فقط لب و دهنه

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All bark and no bite

78
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تو استرس و اضطراب بودن

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Be on pins and needles

79
Q

زیره به کرمون بردن

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Bring Sand to the beach

80
Q

دیگ به دیگ میگه روت سیاه

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The Pot calling the kettle black