13 Flashcards
Better safe than sorry
Eşeğini sağlam kazığa bağlamak
Definition of (it’s) better (to be) safe than sorry
—used to say that it is better to be careful now so that problems do not occur later onIt’s probably not necessary to check the figures again, but it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Check over
To double check
Nip something in the bud
= to stop (something) immediately so that it does not become a worse problem
(deyim) Yılanın başını küçükken ezeceksin
“Inflation will only get worse if the government doesn’t do something right now to nip it in the bud.”
Get wind of something
Bir söylentiyi duymak, haber almak, kokusunu duymak
= you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
“I don’t want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage.”
go on a wild goose chase
Olmayacak bir şeyin peşinden koşmak
= a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable.
“physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase”
Venal
The heatwaves and wildfires leave us overwhelmed with grief and anxiety, but they should also trigger outrage and action against the venal political class that has knowingly brought us to this point.
Jason Hickel
yiyici
{s}rüşvetyiyen,satınalınır
{s}rüşvetalan
:capableofbeingboughtorobtainedformoneyorothervaluableconsideration:PURCHASABLE
especially:opentocorruptinfluenceandespeciallybribery:MERCENARY//avenallegislator
Run through
Hızlıca okumak, göz atmak
get off to a rocky start
to start badly.
” The relationship got off to a rocky start when he turned up late for their first date.”
not out of the woods yet
If something or someone is not out of the woods yet,they are still having difficulties or problems. [informal]
(be) in over your head
=to become or be deeply involved in a situation which is too difficult for you to deal with.
“He realized that he was in over his head, and that only his family could help him.”
seasoned
deneyimli
O deneyimli bir dedektif.-He’s a seasoned investigator.
Cut the cheese
Who cut the cheese?
Gaz çıkarmak
Osurmak
Big cheese
Kodaman, önemli kişi
Bring home the bacon
Ev geçindirmek, eve ekmek getirmek, başarmak
- supply material support.
“I have to go to work because it brings home the bacon”
- achieve success.
“you don’t have to be in a high-tech industry to bring home the bacon”
= toearnmoneyfor afamilytoliveon:
“I can’tsitaround allday- someone’s got tobringhomethebacon.”
Pop the question
“Karl is about to pop the question”
Evlenme teklif etmek
