pull someone`s leg

megtréfál, megviccel valakit

play a joke on somebody, tease somebody, hoax somebody

 forrás: OELS

példák:

• Are you serious about moving back in or are you pulling my leg?
•  Her grandfather is always pulling her leg when he comes to visit.
• Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?
• Dorothy had me fooled for a while, but finally I realized she was just pulling my leg.

live up to my expectation(s)

jelentése:

beváltják a várakozásomat, a hozzá fűzött reményeim

 forrás: vernhart

példák:

• Did university live up to your expectations?
•  Not only did Inzi live up to my expectations, so did the rest of the team.
• I know I don't live up to my parents expectations.
• Will my trip around the world live up to my expectation?
• The new airport fails to live up to expectations.   

put one`s foot in one`s mouth

jelentése:

elszólja magát, rossz helyen rossz dolgot mond

say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation, to say something embarrassing or wrong, to say something that one will regret, to make an error 

példák: 

• John put his foot in his mouth when he asked the overweight girl if she was pregnant.
• When I told Ann that her hair was more beautiful than I had ever seen it, I really put my foot in my mouth. It was a wig.
• He really put his foot in his mouth when he told her about the surprise party.  
• I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview.

A: This is a great party.
B: Yeah it is!
A: Whose house is this? It is so ugly.
B: It’s my house.
A: Oh. I just put my foot in my mouth.  

forrás: superfantastic

 szinoníma: 
have a big mouth 

( talk too much, especially about things that should be secret)

• She's got such a big mouth - the news'll be all over the village by tomorrow. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned the letter. Oh dear, me and my big mouth!

beat around the bush

kertel / kerülgeti mint macska a forró kását


speak indirectly or evasively, be deliberately unclear in order to mislead or withhold information


szinoníma: prevaricate
ellentét: get to the point (tárgyra tér) / cut to the chase

forrás

• Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.
• I wish Adam would stop beating around the bush and tell us what he really thinks.
• The blogger should not step out of the focus area of the blog and beat around the bush.
• Our boss always beats around the bush when he has to tell us bad news.

comedy 3. -Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry: 'Your name, sir?'

live up to one's principles

jelentése:

elveihez tartja magát, kitart az elvei mellett 

(to live or act in accordance with one's principles )

szinoníma: 

stick to one's principles

•  You should live up to your principles.
• It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. (Alfred Adler)
• He could not live up to his principles because he was a practical politician.  
• Republican Party vows to stick to principles in new legislature.

live up to something = valamivel összhangban él, cselekszik  
(to live or act in accordance with something) 

nehezebb példamondatok:

• Principles do not give us algorithms for living. They identify broad requirements we must live up to, but they do not actually tell us what to do.
• Christians have been urged to live up to the very core of Christian principles, to help address the problems of moral decadence that had engulfed the youth of today. (cikk)
• Every one of us has a role to play in the evolution of our planet, and to achieve world peace each of us must live up to our responsibilities and obligations.

cost an arm and a leg

jelentés:
méregdrága, gatyád is rámegy


példák:

• Buying a house in 46 Avenue will cost an arm and a leg. Its a very expensive area.
• His new sports car cost an arm and leg. ( Az új sportkocsija méregdrága volt. )
• Get ready to pay an arm and a leg for gasoline. (Készülj fel, hogy a gatyád is rámegy a gázolajra. )
• It will cost you an arm an a leg. (A gatyád is rá fog menni.)

Idiom: Cost An Arm And A Leg from Mr TESOL on Vimeo.

get on with somebody

jelentése:
(jól) kijön valakivel (Have a good relationship with someone)


példamondatok:

• He's not getting on well with his girlfriend's parents at the moment.
• The three children get on very well together. / with each other
• Lívi and I got on well, and i missed her when she left.
• Do you get on well with your neighbours/ classmates?

szinoníma: get along with somebody

példák:

•  The way you handle bringing a new cat into your home will determine how well your cats get along with each other in the beginning. 
• I don't get along with my sister- we have nothing in common.   (~Nem jövök jól ki a húgommal- semmi közös nincs bennünk. )

forrás: tobyotter

bite the bullet

jelentése:
állja a sarat, nekidurálja magát, lenyel veszteséget  (endure in a difficult situation, face a difficult situation bravely)


példamondatok:

• I have decided to bite the bullet and begin studying for my Master`s degree.
• I think you should bite the bullet and divorce him as soon as possible.
• You are just going to have to bite the bullet and make the best of it.
• Many of these people will bite the bulletand give her money, because it serves the larger goal ... that of getting Obama elected.
• So you think he'll just bite the bullet and keep smiling.

forrás: katiew

come to terms with sg.

jelentése: 
elfogad kellemetlen helyzetet , érzelmi csapást
kibékül, megbékél nehéz helyzettel
példák:

• Finally, she managed to come to terms with her dog's sudden death. Végül sikerült elfogadnia kutyája hirtelen halálát.
• It's very hard coming to terms with the fact that you'll never have children. Nagyon nezéz megbékélni a ténnyel, hogy sosem lesz gyereked.
• How did you come to terms with your diagnosis? 
• The Israeli government needs to come to terms with that, or it will suffer the same fate as S. Africa

forrás: Fernando Sacasa

behind the times

jelentése:
régimódi, elmaradt
szinonímák: 
old-fashioned, out of date


példák:

• My uncle is a little behind the times.
• When it comes to women's rights, my grandfather is way behind the times. ( ~Ha a nők jogai kerülnek szóba, nagyapám igencsak régimódi )
• I have never tweeted, am I behind the times? ( to tweet= twitter.com-on beír, "csiripel" ) Soha nem használtam a twittert, régimódi vagyok ?
• You Know You Are Technologically Behind The Times When ..... ( ~Tudod, hogy technológiailag elmaradt vagy, ha... )

forrás: g_kat26

comedy 2. - Scottish Voice Operated Lift

bring up a child

jelentés:

 felnevel egy gyereket

példa: 

• This is the principle on which I bring up my children. ~Ez az elv , mely alapján nevelem a gyermekeim.
• My grandmother brought up ten children. Nagyanyám 10 gyereket nevelt fel. 
• How to bring up self-confident children? ~Hogyan neveljünk magabiztos gyermekeket?
• Parents today lack  the ability to bring up children.  ~A szülők manapság nem képesek gyermekeiket nevelni.  (lack= híjján van valaminek/ ability =képesség)

forrás: keeping it real'

bring up memories

jelentése:
 előhoz, felelevenít emlékeket


példák:

• It's funny how the smell of perfume can bring up memories. ( funny: különös, furcsa, vicces, nem mindennapi)
• Songs that bring up memories every time you hear them. (Dalok, melyek emlékeket idéznek fel, minden alkalommal, amikor hallod őket.)
• My  ex keeps bringing up old memories of the times we used to be together.                       ( ~Az "exem" folyton régi emlékeket emleget azokból az időkből, amikor együtt voltunk. )
• Now, if that doesn't bring up memories of the 80's then I don't know what does.                       (~Nos, ha ez nem hoz elő emlékeket a nyolcvanas évekből, akkor nem tudom mi fog. )

forrás: h.koppdelaney

bring up (the subject of/ the idea of ...)

jelentése:
felhoz egy témát 
múlt idő alakja: brought/brought
példák:

• They brought up the subject at the meeting but nobody wanted to talk about it. 
• How do you bring up the subject of marriage and kids to your other half? / How to bring up the subject of.... ? ( your other half: másik feled, párod )
• There are some techniques that you can do in order to bring up the subject without being so direct.

forrás: BTO Educational