اصطلاحات انگلیسی - English Idioms

[Bahador]

Full throttle : If you do something full throttle, you do it with as much speed and energy as you can

I drive to the work full throttle : I drive very fast


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Full of hot air : Someone who is full of hot air talks a lot of rubbish

She talks a lot ,she is full of hot air

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Full of beans : If someone's full of beans, he/she is very energetic

How are you today? I think you are full of beans today : you have much energy

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From scratch :from the beginning

We started our trip yesterday and from scratch I had problems with my friends

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For the birds : If something is worthless or ridiculous, it is for the birds

you always buy something that is for the bird

[Bahador]

Game On : When someone says 'Game on!', it means that they are accepting a challenge or ready to get something done

I accept the deal, Game on

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Game Plan : A game plan is a strategy

My game plan is a little bit different

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Get someone's drift: If you get someone's drift, you understand what they are trying to say

She couldn't explain what she want but finally I got her drift

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Get someone's goat : If something gets your goat, it annoys you

your car noises get my goat : it bothers me
*کلمه annoys به معنی اذیت کردن و آزار دادن است

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Give a hand : help out,

this box is really heavy, please give me a hand : please help me

[Bahador]

Hand in glove : If two person are hand in glove, they have an extremely close relationship

This is my classmate; we are hand in glove : we are close friend

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Hang out to dry : If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon him/her when they are in trouble

My best friend hang me out to dry in the bad situation of my financial problems

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Heart of gold : Someone with a heart of gold is a genuinely kind and caring person

My mother has a heart of gold : my mother is really kind

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Heart of glass : When someone has a heart of glass, he/she is easily affected emotionally

I have a heart of glass
* نمونه این عبارت در زبان فارسی موجود است : دل نازک
** متضاد این عبارت در انگلیسی Heart of stone و یا Heart of steel میباشد

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Hungry as a bear : If you are hungry as a bear, it means that you are really hungry

I didn't eat anything from morning; I am hungry as a bera

[Bahador]

In a flash : If something happens in a flash, it happens very quickly indeed

The car accident happened in a flash
* نمونه این عبارت در فارسی موجود است : در یک چشم به هم زدن
** مترادف این اصطلاح In a Heartbeat میباشد
*** مترادف دیگر این عبارت in a jiffy میباشد

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In a fog : If you're in a fog, you are confused, dazed or unaware

Would you explain more? I'm still in a fog

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In a jam : If you are in a jam, you are in some trouble. If you get out of a jam, you avoid trouble

I do not have enough money and now I'm in a jam

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It costs an arm and a leg : If something costs an arm and a leg, it is very expensive

This car costs an arm and a leg : This car is expensive
* نمونه دیگر این عبارت It costs the earth میباشد

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Itch to : If you are itching to do something, you are very eager to do it

She is itching to prepare food at home

[Bahador]

jack-of-all-trades : A jack-of-all-trades is someone that can do many different jobs

He is a jack-of-all-trades in our office
*نمونه این اصطلاح در زبان فارسی موجود میباشد : آچار فرانسه (در انجام کارها)

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Jet black : To emphasise how black something is, such as someone's hair, we can call it jet-black

What jet black shoes she wears

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Juggle frog : If you are juggling frogs, you are trying to do something very difficult

They are juggling frogs and always they are in trouble

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Jungle out there : the situation is dangerous and there are no rules

How can you teach in that school? there is jungle out there

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Just off the boat : If someone is just off the boat, they are naive and inexperienced

Why you give the most important job to a person that is just off the boat? : why you give an important job to a inexperienced person

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Keep in touch : If you keep in touch with someone, you keep communicating with them even though you may live far apart

My oldest friend keeps in touch with me from 1992 until now

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Keep mum : If you keep mum about something, you keep quiet and don't tell anyone

Please keep mum about my failure in school : don't tell anyone about my failure in school

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Kick a habit : If you kick a habit, you stop doing it

I kicked smoking last year : I gave up smoking

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Kick away the ladder : If someone kicks away the ladder, they remove something that was supporting or helping someone

He kicked away the ladder after his marriage

* نمونه این اصطلاح در فارسی موجود است : پل های پشت سر را خراب کردن

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Kill two birds with one stone : When you kill two birds with one stone, you resolve two difficulties or matters with a single action

I killed two birds with one stone yesterday. I bought a TV and I won a CD Player in lottery

* نمونه این اصطلاح در زبان فارسی موجود است : با یک تیر دو نشان زدن

[Saeed-Milan]

Never Judge a book by it's cover

این یک مثل هست و منظور اینه که درمورد چیزی که نمی دونی قضاوت نکن

[Bahador]

Laugh a minute : Someone who is a laugh a minute is very funny

My brother is a laugh a minute, he knows a lot of jokes

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Lay down the law : If someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian

teacher who lays down the law is the most conservative teacher in the school

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Left in the dark : If you are left in the dark about something, you aren't given the information that you should have

you left me in the dark with a TV that I couldn't turn on

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Lend an ear : If you lend an ear, you listen to what someone has to say; listen attentively

he always lends an ear to our conversation

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Let's call a day : This is used as a way of suggesting that it is time to stop working on something

stop painting the wall, Let's call it a day