idioms Flashcards

1
Q

Ни к селу ни к городу

A

Neither here nor there

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2
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Обещать золотые горы

A

To promise the moon.

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3
Q

Поджать хвост

A

To put one’s tail between one’s legs

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4
Q

Хоть пруд пруди

A

Thick as blackberries

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5
Q

Строить воздушные замки.

A

Build castles in the air.

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6
Q

Стреляный воробей

A

A knowing old bird

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7
Q

Валять дурака.

A

Act the fool

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8
Q

Крепкий орешек

A

A hard nut to crack

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9
Q

Когда рак на горе свиснет

A

When hell freezes

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9
Q

Как рукой сняло

A

Disappeared as if by magic.

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10
Q

не жизнь, а малина

A

A bed of roses

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11
Q

Называть вещи своими именами

A

To call a spade a spade

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12
Q

Делать ноги

A

To fly the coop

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13
Q

Бьюсь об заклад

A

I can bet my bottom dollar

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14
Q

А я папа римский!

A

I’m a Dutchman!

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15
Q

Баяғы жартас сол жартас

A

Second verse, same as the first

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16
Q

Шырттай киініп алу

A

Dressed up like a dog’s dinner

17
Q

басына әңгіртаяқ ойнату

A

give tongue lashing

18
Q

қаруын қайтару

A

take the change out of a person

19
Q

Аш кенедей жабысу

A

cling (hang on, hold on) like grim death;

20
Q

Мал құлағы саңырау

A

not to breathe a word

21
Q

Жермен көктей

A

Be like chalk and cheese

22
Q

Бас терісі салбырау

A

Be in bits

23
Q

Көңілі жалығу

A

To be bored out of one’s mind

24
Q

Теріс қабақ білдіру

A

To give someone the cold shoulder

25
Q

Біреудің аузына қарау

A

Dance to one’s tune

26
Q

To be over the moon

A

Жерден жеті қоян тапқандай

27
Q

To be all ears

A

Құлағын тігу

28
Q

He’s rolling in dough.

A

Куры деньги не клюют

29
Q

He’s living from hand to mouth

A

сводить концы с концами

30
Q

To have cold feet

A

Жүрек солқ етті

31
Q

Цыплят по осени считай

A

First catch your hare

32
Q

kick the bucket

A

отбросить коньки

33
Q

Pull The Wool Over Someone’s Eyes

A

Ақ ауыз қылу

34
Q

Turn A Blind Eye

A

закрывать глаза

35
Q

легок на помине

A

speak of the devil

36
Q

chew the fat

A

Лясы точить

37
Q

to twiddle one’s thumbs

A

бить баклуши

38
Q

больное место

A

a sore spot

39
Q

to be in the family way

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