Sayings Flashcards
(30 cards)
Cold shoulder
Means to ignore someone.
- I went to talk to my wife, but she gave me the cold shoulder
Why do you keep sending me on a wild goose chase?
Something that is pointless - coisa inutiul,
Stabbed in the back
It is a form of betrayal
Costs an arm and a leg
Expensive
Up in the air
When are we going to have that meeting? It is still up in the air.
Break a leg
Good luck
Bite the bullet
To get something over with - - I had to bite the bullet and get it fixed.
Straight from the horse’s mouth
getting it straight from the main source
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
cavalo dado não se olha os dentes
Pulling someone’s leg
Just kidding I am pulling your leg
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
Lobo em pele de cordeiro
Hands down
Hands down it was the best meeting we have ever had
Barking up the wrong tree
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Let the cat out of the bag
. I mistakenly told a secret.
works like hell
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all boils down
If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
go down that road
to take a particular course of action
bias
preconceito
back and forth
Back-and-forth is a noun that means an argument or discussion in which little gets resolved. Back-and-forth is also used to describe something having a movement pattern in which it repeatedly moves somewhere and returns to where it started.
spoil food
comida estrago
It boils down to
isso se resume a
It have a teste for junk food
going to doctor offices
going to doctor clinic
Fisical exames
exame de rotina
