Idioms

Question 1

hurry up
pośpiesz się

Answer 1

get your skates on

Question 2

greatly impress
zadziwić kogoś

Answer 2

knock them dead

Question 3

cause of disagreement
kość niezgody

Answer 3

bone of contention

Question 4

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

Answer 4

rub elbows with

Question 5

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

Answer 5

give someone the third degree

Question 6

to quickly make a lot of money
zarobić kupę forsy

Answer 6

make a killing

Question 7

be postponed until the last moment

Answer 7

go down to the wire

Question 8

to be direct

Answer 8

to make no bones about sth

Question 9

To recieve low pay
Dostawać grosze

Answer 9

to be paid peanuts

Question 10

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

Answer 10

a fat cat

Question 11

To earn little money
Zarabiać psie pieniądze

Answer 11

earn a pittance

Question 12

To earn a lot of money
Nadziany

Answer 12

to be loaded

Question 13

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

Answer 13

if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

Question 14

To intensely compete for a position

Answer 14

to jockey for position

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Johnny-come-lately

Question 16

Celebrate
Świętować

Answer 16

Paint the town red

Question 17

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

Answer 17

To be in somebody’s neck of the woods

Question 18

To secure something

Answer 18

To bag yourself something

Question 19

left to get worse and worse

Answer 19

left ot languish

Question 20

serve you right

Answer 20

stand you in good stead

Question 21

earn a lot

Answer 21

earn a pretty penny

Question 22

Anyone

Answer 22

Any Tom Dick or Harry

Question 23

Limit you expenses

Answer 23

Tighten your belt

Question 24

To be easily obtainable

Answer 24

To be ten a penny

Question 25

According to a practical rule coming from experience

Answer 25

As a general rule of thumb

Question 26

Wait impatiently, sometimes for a long time

Answer 26

Kick one’s heels

Question 27

To make something bad haphazardly

Answer 27

To make a right pig’s ear from someting

Question 28

To be fired

Answer 28

Get the axe from

Question 29

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

Answer 29

The full Monty

Question 30

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

Answer 30

to be in the know

Question 31

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

Answer 31

to be stuck in the middle

Question 32

to create a desire for

Answer 32

to bread a desire

Question 33

To express publicly your disapproval in an angry way
Zrobić awanturę

Answer 33

To kick up a stink

Question 34

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

Answer 34

No good dead goes unpunished

Question 35

To leave a place because of something

Answer 35

to ship out for

Question 36

To behave in an unacceptable way
Przekroczyć granicę

Answer 36

Overstep the mark

Question 37

To offer somebody something

Answer 37

To afford somebody something

Question 38

To make a successful start

Answer 38

To get on the right foot

Question 39

To avoid making somebody feel embarrassed or ashamed
Oszczędzić komuś wstydu

Answer 39

To spare one’s blushes

Question 40

Near enogh to hear what somebody is saying
W zasięgu słuchu

Answer 40

Within earshot

Question 41

to be certainly achievable or obtainable

Answer 41

To be in the bag

Question 42

start doing something
zakasać rękawy

Answer 42

Cut to the chase

Question 43

To be popular, important, influential somewhere

Answer 43

to be big business somewhere

Question 44

stan umysłu

Answer 44

frame of mind

Question 45

to act in a stupid way

Answer 45

to act a goat

Question 46

to be better than others

Answer 46

to run rings around someone

Question 47

to wear nice clothes

Answer 47

to do yourself up to the nines

Question 48

not to comment

Answer 48

to keep the lid on

Question 49

to control someone
mieć kogoś w garści

Answer 49

to have somebody in the palm of your hand

Question 50

to perform at max capacity / one’s best

Answer 50

to fire on all cylinders

Question 51

to be inexperienced

Answer 51

to be wet behind the ears

Question 52

to find the experienced amongst the unexperienced

Answer 52

to sort out the men from the boys

Question 53

to warn one about not betting everything on one thing

Answer 53

don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Question 54

a temporary fad

Answer 54

a flash in the pan

Question 55

to begin to understand how to do something well

Answer 55

to get a good feel for something

Question 56

do something your way / by yourself

Answer 56

go it alone

Question 58

to arrange something without intermediaries

Answer 58

to cut out the middleman