idioms

Question 1

Ни к селу ни к городу

Answer 1

Neither here nor there

Question 2

Обещать золотые горы

Answer 2

To promise the moon.

Question 3

Поджать хвост

Answer 3

To put one’s tail between one’s legs

Question 4

Хоть пруд пруди

Answer 4

Thick as blackberries

Question 5

Строить воздушные замки.

Answer 5

Build castles in the air.

Question 6

Стреляный воробей

Answer 6

A knowing old bird

Question 7

Валять дурака.

Answer 7

Act the fool

Question 8

Крепкий орешек

Answer 8

A hard nut to crack

Question 9

Когда рак на горе свиснет

Answer 9

When hell freezes

Question 9

Как рукой сняло

Answer 9

Disappeared as if by magic.

Question 10

не жизнь, а малина

Answer 10

A bed of roses

Question 11

Называть вещи своими именами

Answer 11

To call a spade a spade

Question 12

Делать ноги

Answer 12

To fly the coop

Question 13

Бьюсь об заклад

Answer 13

I can bet my bottom dollar

Question 14

А я папа римский!

Answer 14

I’m a Dutchman!

Question 15

Баяғы жартас сол жартас

Answer 15

Second verse, same as the first

Question 16

Шырттай киініп алу

Answer 16

Dressed up like a dog’s dinner

Question 17

басына әңгіртаяқ ойнату

Answer 17

give tongue lashing

Question 18

қаруын қайтару

Answer 18

take the change out of a person

Question 19

Аш кенедей жабысу

Answer 19

cling (hang on, hold on) like grim death;

Question 20

Мал құлағы саңырау

Answer 20

not to breathe a word

Question 21

Жермен көктей

Answer 21

Be like chalk and cheese

Question 22

Бас терісі салбырау

Answer 22

Be in bits

Question 23

Көңілі жалығу

Answer 23

To be bored out of one’s mind

Question 24

Теріс қабақ білдіру

Answer 24

To give someone the cold shoulder

Question 25

Біреудің аузына қарау

Answer 25

Dance to one's tune

Question 26

To be over the moon

Answer 26

Жерден жеті қоян тапқандай

Question 27

To be all ears

Answer 27

Құлағын тігу

Question 28

He’s rolling in dough.

Answer 28

Куры деньги не клюют

Question 29

He’s living from hand to mouth

Answer 29

сводить концы с концами

Question 30

To have cold feet

Answer 30

Жүрек солқ етті

Question 31

Цыплят по осени считай

Answer 31

First catch your hare

Question 32

kick the bucket

Answer 32

отбросить коньки

Question 33

Pull The Wool Over Someone’s Eyes

Answer 33

Ақ ауыз қылу

Question 34

Turn A Blind Eye

Answer 34

закрывать глаза

Question 35

легок на помине

Answer 35

speak of the devil

Question 36

chew the fat

Answer 36

Лясы точить

Question 37

to twiddle one’s thumbs

Answer 37

бить баклуши

Question 38

больное место

Answer 38

a sore spot

Question 39

to be in the family way

Answer 39

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