Idioms Flashcards
Meke your mouth water
آب افتادن دهن برای یک خوردنی- میل و رغبت پیدا کردن برای انجام کاری.
#Look at those mouth- watering cakes.
#The restaurant had a selection of mouth- watering desserts.
#Her mouth watered with greed
#The smell of fish and chips made my mouth water.
Someone has a sweet tooth
That mean they particularly like sweet things.
#And for the sweet- toothed, this café has desserts galore.
#She always had a sweet tooth.
#Sue has such a sweet tooth that she hardly eats anything else but cake.
Whet your appetite
میل و رغبت پیدا کردن به غذا، کار، فیلم و همه چیز. (Can be used to mean awaken a desire.)
#I’ve read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it’s whetted my appetite.
#The preview was intended to whet your appetite (= make you want more).
#Reading the first story whetted my appetite for more.
The icing on the cake
Sth that makes a good situation even better.
#It was a great day, but meeting her there was just the icing on the cake!
#He was delighted to have his story published – getting paid for it was just icing on the cake.
#I was able to find a good job and the fact that I can work where I want is the icing on the cake.
You can’t have your cake and eat it
You want to have your cake and eat it
Two good things are impossible to do or have at the same time.
#I wanted to have my cake and eat it too when I wanted more holidays and more responsibility at work.
#He wants to have his cake and eat it. He wants the security of marriage and the excitement of affairs.
#You can’t have your cake and eat it - if you want more local services, you can’t expect to pay less tax.
Leave a sour taste In your mouth
You have an unpleasant memory of it.
#I was left with a sour taste in my mouth
Have egg on your face
Be left feeling stupid or embarrassed because of something you did
#You’ll be the one who has egg on your face if it goes wrong.
#I had egg on my face after I learned that I had suggested the wrong day for the wedding.
#This latest scandal has left the government with egg on its face.
Be the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
Be fantastic (informal)
#Portable phones are marketed as the best thing since sliced bread, but to me they’re just another expensive gadget.
Be your bread and butter
Be an activity or job you do to get the money you need.
#taxi driving is his bread and butter though he also writes music.
Flavor of the month
It means that that person or thing is very popular.
#This rap artist is pop music’s current flavor of the month.
Be past/pass your sell-by date
It is often used humorously to refer to a person or thing that is not wanted or used anymore because they are too old.
#This milk is past its sell-by date.
#There’s plenty of time to have a baby, I’m not past my sell-by date yet.
#throw out food that’s past its sell- by date.
