Chapter 30

Question 1

To get fed up

Answer 1

Ficar farto, se eu encher, de “saco cheio”

Question 2

The apple of one’s eye

Answer 2

Something to be extremely proud or found of. “A menina dos olhos”. Ex: his little girl is the apple of his eye.

Question 3

To skip lesson

Answer 3

Faltar/matar aula

Question 4

Cat nap

Answer 4

Short sleep during the day. “Cochilo, soneca”. Ex: I’m so tired. I’m going to take a cat nap before I go back to work.

Question 5

Pain in the neck

Answer 5

A very annoying person or situation. “Dor de cabeça”. Ex: this math homework is a pain in the neck.

Question 6

Holy cow

Answer 6

Used to express astonishment. “Não acredito, meu deus”. Ex: holy cow! Did you make all this mess by yourself?

Question 7

Top dog

Answer 7

A very important and well-respected person. “Bã-bã-bã”. Ex: David is one of the top dogs of the office.

Question 8

Hit the sack

Answer 8

To go to bed. Ex: the conversation’s great, but I’m gonba hit the sack. I gotta wake up early tomorrow.

Question 9

Back to square one

Answer 9

To go back to the beginning after a first try. “Voltar pra estaca zero”. Ex: the boss didn’t like our idea. We’re back to square one.

Question 10

Residing

Answer 10

Residente

Question 11

Tied

Answer 11

(adjetivo) Amarrado

Question 12

Outreach

Answer 12

Divulgação. Ex: outreach program

Question 13

Dropout

Answer 13

Cair fora / Estudante que largou os estudos

Question 14

Undergratuate

Answer 14

Estudante universitário

Question 15

All-nighter

Answer 15

Noitada

Question 16

Term paper

Answer 16

TCC - Trabalho de conclusão de curso

Question 17

A dime a dozen

Answer 17

Anything that is easy common or easy to get. Ex: A girl like that a dime a dozen.

Question 18

A piece of cake

Answer 18

An easy task. “mamão com açucar” Ex:Writing that essay will be a piece of cake

Question 19

To add fuel to the fire

Answer 19

To make a bad situation worse. “colocar lenha na fogueira”. Ex: I wouldn’t say anything, if I were you. It’ll just add fuel to the fire.

Question 20

An arm and a leg

Answer 20

Expensive. “os olhos da cara”. Ex: Look at Amy’s new Prada bag. It must’ve cost her an arm and a leg.

Question 21

To bend over backwords

Answer 21

to do anything to help someone. Ex: She’ll bend over backwards for that boy.

Question 22

Once in a blue moon

Answer 22

An event that happens very rarely. “uma vez na vida outra na morte”. Ex: Her son visits once in a moon.

Question 23

To crack up / crack up someone

Answer 23

To laugh or make someone laugh. Ex: That movie cracks me up!

Question 24

To cry over split milk

Answer 24

To overeact to a situation in the past. “chorar pelo leite derramado”. Ex: It1s done now. There’s no use in crying over split milk.

Question 25

To cut to the chase

Answer 25

To approach something directly. "Direto ao ponto". Ex: Let's cut to the chase. Did you take my guitar without asking?

Question 26

To have a field day

Answer 26

To get really excited over something. Ex: Classes are cancelled? The kids are going to have a field day.

Question 27

Head over heels

Answer 27

To be madly in love. Ex: Amanda is head over heels over her new boyfriend!

Question 28

To keep an eye on something/someone

Answer 28

To watch something/someone carefully. Ex: Keep an eye on the new guy. Jane told me he got caught stealing ate his last job.

Question 29

Off the hook

Answer 29

Free from a difficult situation. Ex: ok, I'll talk to Dad for you. You're off the hook.

Question 30

To pig out

Answer 30

To eat excessively, especially junk food. Ex: Let's stay in tonight. We'll rent a movie and pig out on doritos.

Question 31

Spitting image

Answer 31

To be very similar to something else. Ex: john is the spitting image of father.

Question 32

To start from scratch

Answer 32

To begin from nothing. I'm beginning the project from scratch.

Question 33

Face the music

Answer 33

Face a difficult situation. Ex: There's no running away now. Time to face the music.

Question 34

Gut feeling

Answer 34

An intuition; an idea not based on facts. Ex: I don't think you shoudl go out with him again. I ahve a gut feeling about him, and I don't trust him.

Question 35

To hit the books

Answer 35

To study intensively. Ex: I have a huge test tomorrow, so I better hit the books.