Idioms 5 R

Question 1

Ring-fencing

Answer 1

Separated usual judgement to guarantee protection, especially for fund
การเปลี่ยนแปลงหลักเกณฑ์การประกันความเสี่ยง โดยแยกกิจกรรมทางการเงิน

Question 2

Scot- free

Answer 2

To escape and not have to pay or get panelty

หนีรอดจาก กม.

Question 3

Sitting shotgun

Answer 3

Riding in the front passenger seat of a car

นั่งที่นั่งผู้โดยสารแถวหน้า

Question 4

Skid Row

Answer 4

The Rundown area of a city where the homeless and drug users live
ถิ่นเสื่อมโทรม

Question 5

Smell a rat

Answer 5

To detect someone in the group is betraying the others
จับคนทรยศได้
Suspicious

Question 6

Southpaw

Answer 6

Someone who is left-handed

คนถนัดซ้าย

Question 7

Spitting image

Answer 7

เหมือนเป๊ะ

She’s the spitting image of her mother

Question 8

To steal someone’s Thunder

Answer 8

To take the credit for something someone else did

ขโมยความดีความชอบของคนอื่น

Question 9

23 skidoo

Answer 9

To be turned away

ถูกปฏิเสธ

Question 10

Use your loaf

Answer 10

Use your head, think smart

ใช้หัวคิด

Question 11

Water under the bridge

Answer 11

Any thing from the past that is not significant or important anymore
สิ่งที่ผ่านไปแล้วและไม่สำคัญ

Question 12

Wag the Dog

Answer 12

หันเหความสนใจจากสิ่งสำคัญ

Question 13

Your guess is as good as mine

Answer 13

I have no idea

Question 14

Bite the bullet

Answer 14

To get something over with because it is inevitable

เผชิญหน้าสู้เพราะยังไงก็เลี่ยงไม่ได้

Question 15

You can say that again

Answer 15

That’s true, I agree

Question 16

Wrap your head around something

Answer 16

Understand something complicated

Question 17

To get bent out of shape

Answer 17

To get upset

Question 18

Bunch of a feather flock together

Answer 18

People who are alike are offen friends.
(Usually used negatively)
เป็นเพื่อนกันก็คงจะเหมือนกัน

Question 19

Ignorance is bliss

Answer 19

You’ re better off not knowing

ไม่รู้เสียยังดีกว่า

Question 20

It takes one to know one

Answer 20

You are just as bad as I am

คุณก็เลวเหมือนฉัน

Question 21

Saving for a rainy day

Answer 21

Saving money for later

เก็บเงินไว้ใช่วันหลัง

Question 22

There’s a method to his Madness

Answer 22

He seems crazy but actually he’s clever

เขาดูบ้าแต่จริงๆแล้วฉลาด

Question 23

Have your head in the clouds

Answer 23

Not be concentrating

ใจลอย

Question 24

He’s off his rocker

Answer 24

He’s crazy บ้า

Question 25

It’s always darkest before the dawn

Answer 25

Things are going to get better

มันจะดีขึ้น

Question 26

Jump on the bandwagon

Answer 26

Following a trend ตามเทรน

Do what everyone else is doing

Question 27

Shape up or ship out

Answer 27

work better or leave

ทำงานให้ดีขึ้น ไม่งั้นก็ออกไปเลย

Question 28

Be snowed under with something

Answer 28

Busy

Question 29

The pot calling the kettle black

Answer 29

To criticize someone for a fault you are also process. ว่าเขาอิเหนาเป็นเอง

Question 30

We see eye-to-eye

Answer 30

We agree

ตกลง

Question 31

Weather the storm

Answer 31

Go through something difficult

ฝ่าอุปสรรค

Question 32

You can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar

Answer 32

You get what you want by being nice