Idioms Flashcards
Я не буду тебя жалеть по этому поводу
Cry me a river
- I lost all my money on bad investments.
- Cry me a river. It could happen to anyone.
Как аукнется, так и откликнется.
Что посеешь, то и пожнешь.
What goes around, comes around.
People say : what goes around, comes around. So, be careful.
Start to consider practical details
Get down to brass tacks
Без сучка, без задоринки
Hitch
Everything went w/o a hitch.
(infml)
something that is easy to do
a piece of cake
For him, taking tests is a piece of cake.
(slang)
to die
kick the bucket
If they invent a hoverboard before I kick the bucket, I’m definitely going to try it, no matter how old I am.
Any plant under my care kicks the bucket in about a week.
Раз-два - и готово! Это как раз то, что нужно! Дело в шляпе!
Bob’s your uncle
She slipped (быстро и незаметно сунуть) the officer £100 and, Bob’s your uncle’, she was off the charge”.
Showing signs of exhaustion or strain.
blue in the face
Often used in the phrase “till (one) (is) blue in the face.
You can complain about it till you’re blue in the face, but we’re going to your grandmother’s whether you like it or not.
They are such strange friends. They’ll argue till they’re blue in the face, then they’ll go out to eat and be the best of pals.
Душа в пятки ушла.
If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
Heart in your mouth
My heart was in my mouth when I walked into her office.
To be ‘as dead as a doornail’ is to be utterly dead, devoid of life (when applied to people, plants or animals) or finished with, unusable (when applied to inanimate objects).
As dead as a doornail
Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Не гони! Попридержи/ не гони лошадей! Полегче на поворотах!
Hold your horses
“Hold your horses,” said Joe, “you don’t know when the movie even starts.”
