lunes, 14 de octubre de 2013

Glossary

-To take the bull by the horns: to deal with a difficult situation in a brave and firm way.
-Two heads are better than one: that when two people work togetter they are more likely to salve a problem that one person doing it alone.
-To keep your head above water: you are just managing to survive despite not, mucch money.
-It is as easy as pie: if something is very easy.
-Pie-eyed: if someone is very drunk.
-To have a finguer in many pies: you are involved in lots of differents activities.
-A bad egg: if we want to say that someone is bad or desonest.
-Don´t pull all your eggs in a basket: you should never relyon only one plan in case it goes wrong.
-He got egg on his face: if someone makes a mistake which makes him/her look stupid.
-Full of beans: he is full os energy.
-I haven´t got a bean: you haven´t got money.
-Spill the beans:if we want to tell us something secret we can say this expressions.
-It´s a hot potato: if there is a delicate issue and people can´t agree we call it "a hot potato".
-They´re like two peas in a pod: two people look very similar we can use this expression.
-It´s not my cup of tea: if there´s something we don´t like much.
-I wouldn´t do it for all the tea in china: there´s something we would never do it.
-It´s as good as a chocolate teapot: if something is completely useless wie say this expressions.
-He´s gone banana:if someone is very emotional and stars shouting and behaving in a crazy way.
-It´s a case of sour grapes: if somebody pretends not to be impressid by something because she/he feeb jealous we use yhis expression.
-A second bite of the cherry: if we try to do something a seconde time because we failed at firts.
-There are plenty more fish in the sea: there are other choices in a situation it is often said to comfort someone who had a romantic break-up.
- The icing on the cake: to refer to something good which is added an already god thing os situation.
-It´s just not crikect: to say that something is unfair o dishonest.
-To toy with (somebody or something): not to take someone´s feelings seriously.
-A toyboy: is the younger boyfriend of an older person.
-Like a ton of bricks: something that is very heavy. This expression can be use literally or idimotically
-To fly the nest: to leave your parents´home for the firts time to go and live somewhere else.
-A nest egg: an amaunt of money you have saved in the future.
-I wasn´t born yesturday: if someone is telling you a very obviouslie, you can use this expression.
-To have a whale of a time: to have a lot of fun while doing something.
-The big cheese: is the most important or powerfaul person in a group or organization
-Chalk and cheese: to define two people who are very different to each other.
-A little bird told me: if you have information but you do not want to reveal who told you.
-To be or have a big mouth: you talk to much especially abaut things wich should be kept in secret.


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