Idioms Flashcards
hurry up
pośpiesz się
get your skates on
greatly impress
zadziwić kogoś
knock them dead
cause of disagreement
kość niezgody
bone of contention
to get to know influential people within a field
obracać się w czyimś towarzystwie
rub elbows with
to ask someone many questions, usually in an acusatory manner
grillować kogoś, wymalgować
give someone the third degree
to quickly make a lot of money
zarobić kupę forsy
make a killing
be postponed until the last moment
go down to the wire
to be direct
to make no bones about sth
To recieve low pay
Dostawać grosze
to be paid peanuts
A wealthy person, especially if they are in charge of a lucrative company
a fat cat
To earn little money
Zarabiać psie pieniądze
earn a pittance
To earn a lot of money
Nadziany
to be loaded
If you pay a low wage, you cannot expect to get good staff
Jaka płaca taka praca
if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
To intensely compete for a position
to jockey for position
A newbie / a person who has aquired large amounts of money only recently, usually by slightly immoral means
Świeżak, nowobogacki
Johnny-come-lately
Celebrate
Świętować
Paint the town red
To be in the region somebody lives in, or is well known to them
To be in somebody’s neck of the woods
To secure something
To bag yourself something
left to get worse and worse
left ot languish
serve you right
stand you in good stead
earn a lot
earn a pretty penny
Anyone
Any Tom Dick or Harry
Limit you expenses
Tighten your belt
To be easily obtainable
To be ten a penny
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
