Idioms Flashcards
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to feel ill
be/feel under the weather
плохо себя чувствовать
I’m feeling a bit under the weather - I think I’m getting a cold.
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to be good at gardening and making plants grow well
«have green fingers» (UK)
«have a green thumb» (USA)
быть умелым садоводом
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rarely
«once in a blue moon»
раз в год по обещанию, очень редко
We only go out once in a blue moon.
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if something has a good result or finally succeeds, previous problems are not important
all’s well that ends well
все хорошо, что хорошо заканчивается
I’m sorry that it took so long to finish, but all’s well that ends well.
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to remove unnecessary things so that you are ready for action
clear the decks
расчистить место и готовиться к действиям
Let’s clear the decks and then we can start cooking dinner.
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to start to write
put pen to paper
начать писать
It’s time you put pen to paper and replied to that letter from your mother.
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to leave a place or begin a journey
hit the road
отправляться в путь
I’d love to stay longer but I must be hitting the road.
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said to tell someone to wake up and get out of bed
rise and shine
проснись и пой
Wakey wakey, rise and shine!
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said to encourage someone to continue to do something many times, so that they will learn to do it very well
practice makes perfect
повторение - мать учения
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if you are determined enough, you can find a way to achieve what you want, even if it is very difficult
where there’s a will there’s a way
где есть воля, там есть и путь
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to be very busy with something
be up to my eyeballs in
погрязнуть в
I’m up to my eyeballs in reports.
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to be close to doing something
be on the way to sth
быть на пути к
I’m well on the way to completing the report.
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used after the question words how, what, when, where, who, and why to emphasize that you are very suprised or annoyed.
on earth
как же/что же/почему же и т. д.
How on earth did this happen?
What on earth is that awful noise?
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to move to the front of a line of people who are waiting for something, so that you are served or dealt with before them
jump the queue
проходить вне очереди
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to not understand a situation correctly
get the wrong end of the stick
неправильно понять
Her friend saw us arrive at the party together and got the wrong end of the stick.
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to manage to understand something
get your head round/around
пытаться разобраться
It’s hard to get your head round these new tax laws.
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quickly forget the information
go in one ear and out the other
If I have to listen to something I don’t understand, it just goes in one ear and out the other.
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a situation that is not clear or where the rules are not known
grey area
The difference between gross negligence and recklessness is a legal grey area.
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to have no knowledge about something, or to be unable to remember something
not have a clue
I don’t have a clue what I did with my baseball glove.
He doesn’t have a clue about how to fix a car.
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to guess the truth about a situation from what you have seen or heard
put two and two together
How did you know they were having an affair? I’d seen them out together a couple of times, so I just put two and two together.
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a person with two very different sides to their personality, one good and the other evil
Jekyll and Hyde
The professor was a real Jekyll and Hyde - sometimes kind and charming, and at other times rude and obnoxious.
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extremely silly or stupid
(as) mad as a hatter
(as) mad as a March hare
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a man who helps someone with their work and is loyal and can be trusted
man Friday
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to move your hands in an awkward way
be all fingers and thumbs
be all thumbs
I’m all fingers and thumbs today. That’s the second plate I’ve dropped this morning.
