Idioms Flashcards by Szymon Nawłoka

hurry up
pośpiesz się

get your skates on

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greatly impress
zadziwić kogoś

knock them dead

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cause of disagreement
kość niezgody

bone of contention

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to get to know influential people within a field
obracać się w czyimś towarzystwie

rub elbows with

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to ask someone many questions, usually in an acusatory manner
grillować kogoś, wymalgować

give someone the third degree

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to quickly make a lot of money
zarobić kupę forsy

make a killing

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be postponed until the last moment

go down to the wire

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to be direct

to make no bones about sth

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To recieve low pay
Dostawać grosze

to be paid peanuts

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A wealthy person, especially if they are in charge of a lucrative company

a fat cat

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To earn little money
Zarabiać psie pieniądze

earn a pittance

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To earn a lot of money
Nadziany

to be loaded

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If you pay a low wage, you cannot expect to get good staff
Jaka płaca taka praca

if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

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To intensely compete for a position

to jockey for position

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A newbie / a person who has aquired large amounts of money only recently, usually by slightly immoral means
Świeżak, nowobogacki

Johnny-come-lately

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Celebrate
Świętować

Paint the town red

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To be in the region somebody lives in, or is well known to them

To be in somebody’s neck of the woods

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To secure something

To bag yourself something

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left to get worse and worse

left ot languish

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serve you right

stand you in good stead

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earn a lot

earn a pretty penny

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Anyone

Any Tom Dick or Harry

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Limit you expenses

Tighten your belt

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To be easily obtainable

To be ten a penny

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According to a practical rule coming from experience

As a general rule of thumb

Wait impatiently, sometimes for a long time

Kick one's heels

To make something bad haphazardly

To make a right pig's ear from someting

To be fired

Get the axe from

the best or most you can have, do, get, achieve, or all that you want or need wszystko

The full Monty

to be in possesion of knowledge that almost nobody knows być wtajemniczonym

to be in the know

to lose motivation in the middle part of your task, to be undecided

to be stuck in the middle

to create a desire for

to bread a desire

To express publicly your disapproval in an angry way Zrobić awanturę

To kick up a stink

Somebody will always criticize you, no matter how well you do Żaden dobry uczynek nie pozostanie bezkarny

No good dead goes unpunished

To leave a place because of something

to ship out for

To behave in an unacceptable way Przekroczyć granicę

Overstep the mark

To offer somebody something

To afford somebody something

To make a successful start

To get on the right foot

To avoid making somebody feel embarrassed or ashamed Oszczędzić komuś wstydu

To spare one's blushes

Near enogh to hear what somebody is saying W zasięgu słuchu

Within earshot

to be certainly achievable or obtainable

To be in the bag

start doing something zakasać rękawy

Cut to the chase

To be popular, important, influential somewhere

to be big business somewhere

stan umysłu

frame of mind

to act in a stupid way

to act the goat

to be better than others

to run rings around someone

to wear nice clothes

to do yourself up to the nines

not to comment

to keep the lid on

to control someone mieć kogoś w garści

to have somebody in the palm of your hand

to perform at max capacity / one's best

to fire on all cylinders

to be inexperienced

to be wet behind the ears

to find the experienced amongst the unexperienced

to sort out the men from the boys

to warn one about not betting everything on one thing

don't put all your eggs in one basket

a temporary fad

a flash in the pan

to begin to understand how to do something well

to get a good feel for something

do something your way / by yourself

go it alone

to arrange something without intermediaries

to cut out the middleman

to be in charge

to call all the shots

a source of money

cash cow

in a helpless situation, feeling endangered

to be a sitting duck

for a long time

for donkeys

the main provider

the main breadwinner

to act arrogant

to act the big cheese

to start a new period of life

to turn over a new leaf

to start doing something, to go on a journey

to hit the road

a short period of time for something

a spot of

to try doing something

to try your hand at something

to be ready to fight

to be up in arms

to be in place with no solution that would not result in something negative

to be between a rock and a hard place

to be not good enough

to not be much of a cop at

to not be informed

not have heard a dicky-bird about

relax after being stiff

let your hair down

unorthodox

of the wall

something hard to accept

a bitter pill to swallow

to do ones best

to pull your weight

something that makes another person look at you in a more positive way zapunktować

to get brownie points for

out of nowhere

out of the blue

not good enought

did not cut the mustard

laughing

cracking up

gibberish

mumbo jumbo

to become confident in doing something

to find your feet

Keep quiet

Keep shtum

Do something with special care

To do something with kid gloves

To try something new

To have a bash at

To be highly communicative

To have the gift of the gab

With some reservation

With a pinch of salt

To do something risky/unfamiliar

To take the plunge

To go crazy, to become furious

To loose your rag

starting from scratch

wiping the slate clean

to uderstand, bo familiarise yourself

to get your head around

zapuścić korzenie

to put down roots

to not have a constant place of living

to leave out of the suitcase

uncommon

somewhere of the beaten track

accelerate development

to pick up steam

follow the trend

jump on the bandwagon

suitable for someone

right up someones alley

about to happen

to be in the pipeline

withdraw at the right moment

to cut your losses

seize the opportunity

to make hay while the sun shines

eager to move

to have itchy feet

to exchange something for something more profitable

to cash in one's chips

to search for suitable options or candidates

to cast the net

very important

be-all and end-all

never possible

not in a month of Sundays

relegate responsibility

pass the buck

overpay

pay through ones the nose

take things unseriously

take the mickey

set a limit, boundary

draw a clear line in the sand

enthusiastic

keen as mustard

a factory worker

factory hand

a humorous way to say that there are a lot of things

more things than you can shake a stick at

to not be as good as people say

to not be all one is cracked up to be

to see something with consideration for a period of time a person was living in

to see through the lense of sb. time

to look further than what is obvious

to scratch beneath the surface

not worth much

not worth a fig

suspension, delay

deferment

majestic, dignified

august

Idioms Flashcards

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