American Idioms 2

Question 1

Blow one’s top

Answer 1

Become extremely angry

โกรธมาก

Question 2

Bushed

Answer 2

Very tired, exhausted

เหนื่อยมาก

Question 3

Crash course

Answer 3

Short course designed to give a lot of knowledge in a very short time
หลักสูตรเร่งรัด

Question 4

Dicey

Answer 4

Uncertain, taking too much of a chance

เสี่ยงดวง

Question 5

Play hooky

Answer 5

Ditch class , skip class

โดดเรียน

Question 6

Do a bang-up job

Answer 6

Do a very good job

ทำได้ดีมาก

Question 7

Easy Does It!

Answer 7

Be very careful., Don’t do anything too fast or too hard

ระวังหน่อย ทำช้าๆ

Question 8

An egghead

Answer 8

A very intelligent person

คนฉลาด

Question 9

Elbow grease

Answer 9

Hard work or effort

งานหนักหรือความพยายาม

Question 10

Feel puny

Answer 10

Feel unwell , ill

รู้สึกไม่ค่อยสบาย

Question 11

Get lost!

Answer 11

Go away

ไปให้พ้น

Question 12

Get a move on

Answer 12

Hurry

รีบๆหน่อย

Question 13

Get one’s wires crossed

Answer 13

Be confused, mistaken about something

สับสน เข้าใจผิด

Question 14

Green

Answer 14

Inexperienced

ขาดประสบการณ์

Question 15

Have something down pat

Answer 15

Know or understand something completely and thoroughly

เข้าใจโดยละเอียด

Question 16

Head honcho

Answer 16

Person in charge, top boss

หัวหน้าใหญ่

Question 17

Jump all over someone

Answer 17

Severely criticize, find fault with someone

วิจารณ์อย่างหนัก กล่าวโทษ

Question 18

Keep one’s nose to the grindstone

Answer 18

Stay diligent , steadily work hard

ขะมักเขม้น

Question 19

A klutz

Answer 19

An awkward , uncoordinated person

คนเงอะงะ

Question 20

Let sleeping dogs lie

Answer 20

Don’t cause problems by doing something when it is not necessary
อย่าก่อปัญหาโดยไม่จำเป็น

Question 21

Live from hand-to-mouth

Answer 21

Survive on very little money

อยู่ได้ด้วยเงินเพียงน้อยนิด

Question 22

Nosh

Answer 22

Snack

Question 23

Nuke

Answer 23

Heat in the microwave

Question 24

Pay the piper

Answer 24

Face the consequences for something you have done

เผชิญหน้ากับผลของการกระทำ

Question 25

pull someone’s leg

Answer 25

Tease someone by trying to make him believe something untrue

ล้อเล่นโดยหลอกให้เชื่อ

Question 26

Schmooze (business),

Shoot the breeze

Answer 26

Casual conversation, make relaxed conversation คุยเล่นๆ

Question 27

He has to sleep in his own bed,

He has made his own bed, now let him sleep in it

Answer 27

He has caused his own problems, he will have to solve them himself.
สร้างปัญหาขึ้นเองก็ต้องสะสางเอง

Question 28

Tight-fisted,

A tightwad

Answer 28

Very frugal , unwilling to spend money unnecessarily มัธยัสถ์

Question 29

Until Hell Freezes Over,

Until You are blue in the face

Answer 29

Forever

These expressions are used to describe something that will not change no matter how long or how often is done.

Question 30

Wet behind the ears

Answer 30

Inexperienced and naive

Question 31

Wishy-washy

Answer 31

Uncommitted, without an opinion of ones own

Question 32

With bells on

Answer 32

Very eagerly

Question 33

You don’t say!

Answer 33

Really?, Is that really true?

Question 34

Zilch

Answer 34

Nothing