Sayings Flashcards

1
Q

Cold shoulder

A

Means to ignore someone.

- I went to talk to my wife, but she gave me the cold shoulder

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2
Q

Why do you keep sending me on a wild goose chase?

A

Something that is pointless - coisa inutiul,

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3
Q

Stabbed in the back

A

It is a form of betrayal

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4
Q

Costs an arm and a leg

A

Expensive

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5
Q

Up in the air

A

When are we going to have that meeting? It is still up in the air.

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6
Q

Break a leg

A

Good luck

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7
Q

Bite the bullet

A

To get something over with - - I had to bite the bullet and get it fixed.

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8
Q

Straight from the horse’s mouth

A

getting it straight from the main source

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9
Q

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth

A

cavalo dado não se olha os dentes

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10
Q

Pulling someone’s leg

A

Just kidding I am pulling your leg

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11
Q

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

A

Lobo em pele de cordeiro

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12
Q

Hands down

A

Hands down it was the best meeting we have ever had

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13
Q

Barking up the wrong tree

A

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14
Q

Let the cat out of the bag

A

. I mistakenly told a secret.

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15
Q

works like hell

A

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16
Q

all boils down

A

If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.

17
Q

go down that road

A

to take a particular course of action

18
Q

bias

A

preconceito

19
Q

back and forth

A

Back-and-forth is a noun that means an argument or discussion in which little gets resolved. Back-and-forth is also used to describe something having a movement pattern in which it repeatedly moves somewhere and returns to where it started.

20
Q

spoil food

A

comida estrago

21
Q

It boils down to

A

isso se resume a

22
Q

It have a teste for junk food

A
23
Q

going to doctor offices
going to doctor clinic

A
24
Q

Fisical exames

A

exame de rotina

25
Q

They didn’t hand them out yet

A

Eles não os entregaram ainda

26
Q

eat away at me

A

The recession is eating away at their revenues.
A recessão está corroendo a receita deles.

27
Q

leave no stone unturned

A

We will leave no stone unturned to find the offender.
Nós vamos fazer tudo que for possível para achar o infrator.

28
Q

Tell us about a made-up competition. Looking for embellishment/exaggeration.)

A
29
Q

These silos, that everyone is working in, are not helping innovation

A

The silos that development is working in don’t allow collaboration

30
Q

don’t kid yourself -

A

nao se engane