Proverbs

Question 1

سارا زود جوش میاره / زود عصبانی میشه . حواست باشه.

Answer 1

Sarah’s got a short fuse . watch out

Question 2

کسی که زود عصبی میشه

Answer 2

Short fuse

Question 3

اصلاً دنبال دعوا میگشت

Answer 3

He was just spoiling for a fight

Question 4

بس کن دیگه! / موضوع رو عوض کن

Answer 4

Drop it

Question 5

دِ بکش زیپِ دهنت رو. بزنم شل و پلت کنم؟!

Answer 5

Why don’t you just “zip it”! “You want a piece of me

Question 6

ببخشید، رفیق. آخه این حرف رو که زدی، دقیقاً دست گذاشتی روی نقطه ضعفم.

Answer 6

Sorry pal. It’s just that when you said that, you kind of “touched a nerve”.

Question 7

gradually fall asleep

Answer 7

Drift off

Question 8

اون لَم داد، چشماشو بست و یواش یواش خوابش برد

Answer 8

He sat back, closed his eyes and drifted off

Question 9

اون همش این عقده رو داره که دانشگاه نرفته/اون همیشه به‌خاطر دانشگاه نرفتن ناراحته

Answer 9

He’s got a chip on his shoulder about not going to university

Question 10

میشه لطفا کتم رو آویزان کنی؟

Answer 10

Would you please hang up my coat?

Question 11

گوشی رو (به روم) قطع کرد!

Answer 11

He hanged up on me

Question 12

معمولاً بعد از کریسمس بارِ کاری کم می‌شه

Answer 12

After Christmas, the workload generally eases off

Question 13

Bodemer and Ruggeri (2012) about research

Answer 13

go back to basics. Observe the world, and when you encounter a phenomenon that intrigues you, investigate it.

Question 14

پيشگيري بهتر از درمان است

Answer 14

Prevention is better than cure

Question 15

هيچ وقتي نبايد هدر بره

Answer 15

No time should be lost