Pormova Flashcards
Cat got your tongue
Can’t you speak
Butterflies in my stomach
I’m very nervous
Go down in flames
To fail completely
Once in a blue moon
Very rarely
Guess what?
Used to give good, surprising news
I have to tell you something
Used to give either bad or good news
Bad news, I’m afraid
Used to give bad, upsetting news
I’ve got great news for you
Used to give very good,exciting news
You’ll do amazing honey , Break a leg
Good luck
I haven’t been sleeping much, I have been “burning the midnight oil” to finish a work project
To study or work until late hours
Come on! I know you are hiding something “ spill the beans”
To reveal a secret
He’ll “ chicken out “ . He is always loses his courage
To back out because of fear
Look after
To take care of someone
Danny has always “looked up to” him, he also wants to save lives
To respect and admire someone
What are you “looking at” so secretly. Look at
To direct your eyes to see something or someone
What are you “looking for”?
To try to find something
Aren’t your lucky?
Used as a sarcastic response to the good, surprising news رد ساخر
I’m sorry it didn’t work out
Used as a response to the news about failed plans
I’m really sorry to hear that
Used as a response to the disappointed news. خائب الامل
Our profits have been increasing!
To go up
Decrease
Our business success has been decreasing
To go down
Purchase
Thank you for purchasing our products!
To buy
Verfiy
What are you up to?
I’m being verified to set up an online bank account
To check
Return
My new laptop broke so I need to return it to the store
To give back
Wrestle,wrist, wring, wrinkle
تصارع. معصم. يعصر الملابس من الماء. تجاعيد الجبهة
Have butterfingers
i don’t particularly appreciate it when Jim helps me, he has butterfingers
To drop thinks often
To peas in a pod
Those kids are like two peas in a pod
Very similar
In a jam
We are in a jam now, because the boss has told us to change everything in the presentation
In a difficult situation
The icing on the cake
It was a great day but meeting my old school friend was just the icing on the cake
an additional benefit to something positive
Hot potato
politicians rarely deal with hot potato like poverty
An issue that makes everyone feel uncomfortable
Have bigger fish to fry
I want mike to help me with this project, but he says he has bigger fish to fry now
To have more important things to do
Apple of one’s eye
She is apple on her grandmother eye
loved or favored person
Take with a grain of salt
My recommendation would be to take it with a grain of salt
to evaluate something with doubt
Cry over spilled milk
It was disappointing, but there is no point crying over spilled milk. You can’t change it now
To be unhappy about what cannot be undone
No picnic
I love my job, but working 10 hours a day is a picnic
A difficult or unpleasant situation
