Idioms, Phrsal Verbs Flashcards
(25 cards)
Kết thúc
Call it a day
You have been studying hard- I think you should call it a day
Thành thật, nói ra sự thật
Put one’s card on the table
I thought it was the time I laid my cards on the table, so I told him that I didn’t like him.
1 người hoặc một vật vô cùng khó chịu/ bực bội
A real pain in the neck
Sitting next to him is a real pain in the neck.
không phải là điều tệ nhất đâu/ dù sao cũng không phải là tận thế
It’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end of the worldif we don’t win
trực tiếp/ mặt đối mặt
face to face
I think you should dicuss about it face to face with him
người độc lập/ thích một mình (có phần cu đơn như m á)
a lone wolf
I’m a lone wolf cuz I don’t like working in team.
không thoải mái trong 1 môi trường mới xa lạ/ cá ra khỏi nước
A fish out of water
I felt like a fish out ò water in my new class
nước đổ đầu vịt, không có tác dụng gì cả
water off a duck back
I knew it’s water off a duck back to tell that problem to him.
1đứa con rât nghịch, ương bướng trong gia đình/ lạc loài
all the family members are so success but John- he í like the black sheep ò the family.
đồng ý, cùng quan điểm (= agree)
Eye to eye
My sisters don’t see eye to eye with me about the arrangement
rất khỏe, sức khỏe rất tốt
.As fit as a fiddle
My grandmother’s 89, but she’s as fit as a fiddle.
extremely happy, rất vui
On the top of the world
She was feeling on top of the world.
cố gắng xoay sở khó khăn liên quan đến tài
chính
Keep someone’s head above the water
The business is in trouble, but we are just about keeping our heads above water
stop talking, giữ mồm giữ miệng
Hold someone’s tongue
I reckon you’ve just got to learn to hold your tongue
cảm thấy xấu hổ, ngu ngốc vì hành động của mình
Has egg on someone’s face:
He told everyone the deal was happening, and if it falls through now he’ll have egg on
his face
một người tốt bụng, trung thực, đáng tin cậy
.a good egg:
Joey’s a good egg. He always makes time to help others in need
yên lặng đến nỗi có thể nghe thấy tiếng kẹp ghim rơi
Hear a pin drop
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
thông tin cơ bản nhất, cốt lõi nhất
The nuts and bolts
He was even unable to understand the nút and bolts ò that business
sở thích/ gu của ai đó
someone’s cup of tea
Thanks for inviting me, but ballet isn’t really my cup of tea
biết nhưng không thể nhớ ra/ biết nhưng k nói
on the tip of someone’s tongue:
the answer was on the tip of my tougue but I couldn’t remember.
buột miêng nói ra điều không nên nói gây ra sự xấu hổ/ tổn thương cho người khác một cách vô tình
Put someone’s foot in their mouth
I really put my foot in my mouth for saying about his job after he was fired.
xí mũi vào chuyện của người khác
Stick someone’s nose into someone else’s business
: He’s always sticking his nose into other people’s business
một dịp rất hiếm/ hiếm khi
Once in a blue moon:
My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon
lỡ miệng tiết lộ bí mật
let the cat out of the bag
I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Mel went and let the cat out of the bag
